Programmes and agreements / prg-lt-inpp-newcleo-feasibility-mou

Ignalina NPP and newcleo memorandum to study LFR deployment feasibility in Lithuania

In July 2025 the state-owned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and newcleo signed a memorandum of understanding to study the feasibility of deploying newcleo's lead-cooled LFR-AS-200 technology in Lithuania, in the presence of the energy minister. No site or plant has been named.

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Type

Cooperation agreement or MOU

Countries concerned

Lithuania

Participants and roles

• Host or customer: Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP)
• Developer or vendor: newcleo

Designs named

LFR-AS-200

Scale as stated

no unit count or site

Announced or first reported

Jul 2025

Status

Active
Feasibility-study MoU, no host site or plant named.

Confidence

low

Last checked

2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• Lithuania To Study Deployment Of Newcleo Small Modular Reactors (reputable_press, published 10 Jul 2025, accessed 2026-10-14)