SMR developments: February 2026
14 recorded developments dated February 2026: 6 project developments, 6 announcements, 2 policy steps.
Entries are placed by their recorded date, not by when SMRMap added them. Entries dated only to a quarter or year are not assigned to a month. Each entry is dated when the development happened unless its label says otherwise, such as “Announced” or “Report dated”. A date recorded only to a month, quarter or year is shown that way. Targets are plans, not achievements or commitments.
Recorded developments
· Recorded development
DOE approves the Ward 250 preliminary documented safety analysis #
· Recorded development
Daegu Gunwi: first-unit bid lapses after KHNP's coastal-site requirement #
Daegu said its plan to host the first SMR unit fell through because KHNP's site call required coastal sites; it will pursue a later unit.
Announced · Announcement
BARC Visakhapatnam HTGCR hydrogen demonstration proposal documented #
DAE names BARC Vizag for an up-to-5 MWth hydrogen reactor. Thermal demonstration capacity is not electrical output or commercial operation.
Announced · Announcement
Tarapur BSMR-200 lead proposal documented #
DAE names Tarapur for a 220 MWe BSMR-200 lead unit. Product name does not imply 200 MWe. This is separate from existing Tarapur BWR and PHWR plants.
Announced · Announcement
Tarapur SMR-55 lead proposal documented #
DAE's SMR-55 lead proposal at Tarapur is separate in capacity and stage from the BSMR-200 proposal and the operating conventional units.
· Recorded development
Federal Register notice: NRC has accepted and docketed the Belews Creek early site permit application #
Published 9 February 2026 at 91 FR 5787: NRC staff accepted and docketed Duke Energy Carolinas' early site permit application under Docket No. 52-055. Hearing requests were due by 10 April 2026. A later NRC notice dates the acceptance letter 8 February 2026. Acceptance for docketing starts the detailed review. It is not a permit.
Announced · Announcement
Radiant announces DOE approval of the Kaleidos authorization request (DARK) #
Company statement of 9 February 2026. Radiant says DOE granted approval of its DOE Authorization Request for Kaleidos (DARK), designed to meet the intent of a preliminary documented safety analysis, and calls it the second of three safety document submittals in DOE's authorization pathway. Radiant says it is now preparing the final documented safety analysis submittal and readiness review, leading to authorization and startup at INL that summer. This is Radiant's account; the DOE approval document was not opened. No startup or criticality is recorded.
Announced · Announcement
Taftøy Aure / Heim SMR proposal documented #
Government approved the impact assessment programme in February 2026. This is not a construction permit or final policy decision. Technology and unit configuration remain unselected.
· Final investment decision
Doicești conditional shareholder investment decision #
Shareholder approval was subject to conditions; not a construction start.
· Regulatory step
NRC finds Part 1 of the Pioneer phased CP application (with LWA request) acceptable for docketing #
· Recorded development
Operation Windlord: Ward 250 modules airlifted by C-17 to Hill AFB, then trucked to Emery County #
· Issued
Issued: Uzbekistan: Requirements for the site and territory of a nuclear power plant (Committee resolution No. 39, 2026) #
Resolution No. 39; registered by the Ministry of Justice on 6 March 2026 (No. 3785).
· Signed
Signed: Illinois Executive Order 2026-01: nuclear notice of inquiry #
The order is dated 18 February 2026 and requests a notice of inquiry within 60 days. That period is not stored as a calendar day.
Announced · Announcement
Yakutia: Units 1 and 2 siting-material hearings reported #
Atomnaya energiya reports that public hearings on siting-licence supporting materials for Units 1 and 2 took place on 26 February 2026. The event date here is the report publication. A hearing is not a siting or construction licence. The linked operator original was inaccessible on this review.
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