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Philippine DOE and KHNP SMART pre-feasibility study at CEZA, Santa Ana, Cagayan (2018-2019)

Under a July 2018 memorandum on nuclear infrastructure cooperation, the Philippine Department of Energy and KHNP carried out a pre-feasibility study of building a SMART reactor in the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority at Santa Ana, Cagayan. The final study was handed over in December 2019. It was an evaluation, no project decision followed in the sources read.

Not a deployment project. SMR plans, agreements, studies and government programmes that are not (yet) a single deployment project. They are listed separately and are never counted as projects or reactors.

Type

Feasibility or siting study

Countries concerned

Philippines

Region named by the sources

Cagayan

Participants and roles

• Government: Department of Energy (Philippines)
• Developer or vendor: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
• Other participant: Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA)

Designs named

SMART

Scale as stated

100 MWe SMART (as reported by WNA)

Announced or first reported

27 Jul 2018

Status

Completed
Final pre-feasibility study turned over December 2019, evaluation only, no project decision.

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

• Energy Sector Accomplishment Report 2016-2022 (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-14)
• Nuclear Power in the Philippines (directory_or_aggregator, accessed 2026-10-14)