U.S. FIRST Program: Support for Responsible International SMR Deployment
The U.S. State Department’s FIRST program helps partner countries plan and deploy small modular reactors under high safety, security, and nonproliferation standards. Support includes workshops, technical consulting, feasibility studies, simulators, training, and guidance on siting, licensing, financing, workforce, and waste management. It leverages U.S. public-private partnerships to accelerat…
ISN/CTR administers the Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Technology Program (FIRST) to enable partner countries’ responsible nuclear energy deployment under the highest nuclear security, safety, and nonproliferation standards. FIRST is ISN’s flagship…
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The following organizations are eligible to apply: U.S. for-profit organizations or businesses; U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations with or without 501(c) (3) status of the U.S. tax code; U.S.-based private, public, or state institutions of higher education; foreign-based non-p…
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