(Alliance News) - Newcleo has completed a new EUR75 million funding round, bringing its total capital raised to EUR645 million. The funds will be used to accelerate the development of fourth-generation small modular reactors powered by fuel derived from nuclear waste, according to Il Corriere della Sera on Wednesday.

The operation saw participation from new investors such as Cementir Holding, Danieli & C, and Orion Valves, alongside existing shareholders including Kairos, Indaco Ventures, Azimut Investments, the CERN pension fund, and Walter Tosto. Among the recent additions is NextChem, a MAIRE subsidiary, which joined the capital following its joint venture with Newcleo.

As the newspaper notes, in recent days the company was highlighted by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency as one of the most promising in the development of fourth-generation reactors, ranking second globally behind U.S.-based TerraPower.

On the industrial front, in October Newcleo signed an agreement with California-based Oklo for the development of nuclear fuel and is also awaiting imminent government approval for the use of plutonium of military origin.

By Claudia Cavaliere, Alliance News reporter

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