SMART Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Demonstration Project in Alberta, Canada
Sector: Oil and Gas • Location: Alberta, Canada
Source: Seoul Economic Daily
The SMART project is South Korea's indigenous small modular reactor (SMR) technology developed since 1997. It received the world's first standard design approval for an SMR in 2012. The project aimed to demonstrate the SMART SMR in Alberta, Canada, to supply steam for oil sands extraction operations. However, the project was effectively halted due to difficulties in establishing local partnerships
- Status
- Failure
- Sector
- Oil and Gas, Nuclear
- Location
- Alberta, Canada
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Seoul Economic Daily
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Original status | halted |
Taiyo status | Failure |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | The SMART project is South Korea's indigenous small modular reactor (SMR) technology developed since 1997. It received the world's first standard design approval for an SMR in 2012. The project aimed to demonstrate the SMART SMR in Alberta, Canada, to supply steam for oil sands extraction operations. However, the project was effectively halted due to difficulties in establishing local partnerships and changes in provincial policy, leaving SMART as a design-only technology without a demonstration plant anywhere in the world. |
Original sector | Energy |
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Location
Country | Canada |
State | Alberta |
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Source | Seoul Economic Daily |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Oil and Gas, Nuclear |
Article published date | 2026-04-15 |
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