Programmes and agreements / prg-mx-inin-smr-studies-2026-2030
Mexico ININ institutional programme 2026-2030: SMR and microreactor studies (no CFE decision)
The National Institute of Nuclear Research's Institutional Programme 2026-2030 commits ININ to studies of small modular reactors and microreactors, including SMR cogeneration and seawater desalination for water-stressed regions such as Baja California, to support future decisions by CFE and the federal government. It is a research programme, not a plan to build, Mexico's electricity sector plan to 2039 includes no new nuclear capacity.
- Type
- Research programme
- Countries concerned
- Mexico
- Participants and roles
- Research: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ)
- Government: Secretaría de Energía (SENER)
- Designs named
- —
- Scale as stated
- Studies only, no units, capacity or sites
- Announced or first reported
- 2026
- Status
- Active
Institutional research programme, SENER's PLADESE 2025-2039 includes no new nuclear capacity - Confidence
- medium
- Last checked
- 2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)
Related deployment projects
- No related deployment project is recorded here.
Sources
- Programa Institucional Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares 2026-2030 (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-14)
- México evalúa reactores nucleares para Pemex y CFE (reputable_press, published 14 May 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)
- Nuclear Power in Mexico (information library, updated 8 July 2026) (directory_or_aggregator, accessed 2026-10-14)