Leadcold signs Letter of Intent with Ukrainian energy company
Leadcold (Blykalla AB), the Swedish nuclear power equipment vendor developing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), announced today that they have signed a Letter of Intent with the Ukrainian energy group NGSI to investigate the conditions for delivering Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to Ukraine after the end of the war. Ukraine is expected to develop and secure […]
Thérèse Burman joins Leadcold as Head of Legal
For immediate release Stockholm, 13 March 2023 – Leadcold, the Swedish developer of small modular reactors (SMRs), announced today that it has hired Thérèse Burman as its new Head of Legal. Burman is a specialist in environmental law and has worked as a lawyer, consultant, desk officer and legal advisor. Most recently, she has been […]
Selection of media reporting from FT/Sifted, SVT, SR, SvD and Dagens Industri
Leadcold’s recent announcement about starting a feasibility study to explore whether to build Sweden’s next research reactor in Studsvik generated substantial media attention. FT’s Sifted newsletter discusses our reactor design that uses lead as a coolant, and the fact that it allows a breeder design that produces more fissile material during the reactor’s lifetime, in […]
Leadcold is exploring whether to build Sweden’s next research reactor in Studsvik
Leadcold announced today that it will begin a feasibility study to investigate the conditions for building and operating a nuclear research reactor in Studsvik with associated infrastructure for fuel fabrication. Studsvik AB views the initiative positively and will participate in the feasibility study. “Sweden needs more baseload power that can complement the rapid and important […]
”SMRs are equally safe but less expensive”
Leadcold CEO Jacob Stedman and co-founder Janne Wallenius published an op-ed today in Svenska Dagbladet. It is available on their web site in Swedish: https://www.svd.se/a/76RbX3/smr-teknik-kan-ge-lika-hog-sakerhet-skriver-stedman-och-wallenius For convenience, we are republishing it here in English (auto translated). Bo Cederwall writes on SvD Debatt 18/2 wisely about the advantages of building more nuclear power, but believes that […]
Leadcold chooses SCK CEN for irradiation testing
In a nuclear reactor, both corrosion resistance and irradiation resistance is important. Leadcold’s alumina forming steels have previously been proven to be uniquely corrosion resistant in liquid lead at temperatures ranging from 550 to 850°C. Also, they have been designed to tolerate irradiation by fast neutrons. To ensure the materials meet the irradiation tolerance requirements, […]