{"id":3934,"date":"2024-11-19T13:44:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/?p=3934"},"modified":"2024-11-19T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:56:40","slug":"asme-will-help-develop-roadmap-to-rebuild-modernize-and-decarbonize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/2024\/11\/19\/asme-will-help-develop-roadmap-to-rebuild-modernize-and-decarbonize\/","title":{"rendered":"ASME Will Help Develop Roadmap to Rebuild, Modernize, and Decarbonize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine\u2019s Steel Industry with Small Modular Reactors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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NEW YORK \u2013<\/strong>The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has been selected as one of four implementers to support the Clean Steel <\/em>Program in Ukraine, a key effort under the Foundational Infrastructure for the Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) <\/em>Program launched in 2019. FIRST is a multiagency U.S. government initiative that provides capacity-building support to partner countries exploring the potential for small modular reactors (SMRs) and other advanced nuclear reactor technologies. FIRST helps countries meet their clean energy needs consistent with the highest nuclear security, safety, and nonproliferation standards, in addition to helping partner countries safely and responsibly build a small modular reactor or other advanced reactor program. Under Clean Steel, <\/em>ASME will support the development of a roadmap to rebuild, modernize, and decarbonize the Ukrainian steel industry with secure and safe small modular reactors (SMRs). Ukrainian Minister of Energy German Galushchenko and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins announced<\/a> the roadmap project Nov. 16 at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku, Azerbaijan. They were joined by U.S. Department of Energy Acting Assistant Secretary of Nuclear Energy Dr. Michael Goff, H.E. Yuriy Husyef, the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Director of Argonne National Laboratory Dr. Paul Kearns, and Neil Wilmshurst, Chief Nuclear Strategy Officer of the Electric Power Research Institute. Ultimately, the roadmap produced by this project will provide a detailed description, relevant analyses, and specific actionable steps for using secure and safe SMRs to power clean steel manufacturing in Ukraine. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cASME is honored to contribute to Ukraine\u2019s efforts to rebuild a more sustainable steel industry for the benefit of its people,\u201d says ASME Executive Director\/CEO Tom Costabile.\u00a0\u201cSmall modular reactors are an important part of the clean energy future, as well as an economic redevelopment opportunity for Ukraine.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

ASME will work alongside other project implementers the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (lead implementer), Argonne National Laboratory, and Hatch, a global engineering, project management, and professional services firm, in collaboration with Ukrainian stakeholders to develop the roadmap.\u00a0Among the deliverables for this project, ASME will:<\/p>\n