Collaboration Examines the Development, Demonstration and Field Testing of an Industrial Scale Steam Compressor Using NuScale Power Modules™

Partnership to be Highlighted at upcoming World Petrochemical Conference in Houston, TX

NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE:SMR) (NuScale), the industry-leading provider of proprietary and innovative advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, and Ebara Elliott Energy (EEE), a global leading producer of advanced turbomachinery solutions, announced a collaborative research program to demonstrate and field test a commercial scale high-temperature steam compressor to integrate NuScale Power Modules™(NPM) with petrochemical plants needing process heat.

EEE's compressors, turbines and pumps are based on proven technology, relying on more than 100 years of operational experience and thousands of units operating around the globe in chemical facilities 24/7. NuScale's technology, powered by its innovative NPM, is the first and only SMR to have received U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission design approval.

Under the program, EEE and NuScale will collaborate to support the development, manufacturing, and integration of critical turbomachinery and energy-conversion systems for petrochemical plants powered by NuScale technology. The collaboration is intended to combine NuScale's industry-leading SMR technology with EEE's decades of expertise in steam turbines, compressors, and rotating equipment to deliver clean, proven and efficient nuclear power solutions for the petrochemical plants, a first for the industry.

NPMs are designed to produce reliable process steam for industrial applications at 500oC or higher, a temperature previously considered beyond the reach of light water reactors. Steam produced by the NPM will be isolated from outside facilities via an intermediate heat exchanger and subsequently raised to high temperature through the simple process of adiabatic compression.