2026-11-06 ANS rounds up US–Korean nuclear collaboration continuing on small reactors outside the $120 billion eight-reactor framework (American Nuclear Society). New since the October 28 Hyundai MoU record: Hyundai E&C signed a five-year master service agreement with Indiana-based First American Nuclear (FANCO) for constructability reviews, design and engineering advisory, and construction feedback on the EAGL-1, a 240-MWe lead-bismuth-cooled fast reactor, aiming to raise its odds on the construction phase; and Elementl Power signed a preliminary agreement to form and fund a development partnership of up to $750 million backed by a consortium led by DS Investment Partners, with Samsung C&T a potential strategic investor, to push up to three Elementl projects — including a planned 1.5-GW Ohio site with GE Vernova Hitachi's BWRX-300 — toward final investment decision and preconstruction. The established ARC Clean Technology MoU now carries named scope — support for the first ARC-100, a 100-MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor, at Idaho National Laboratory, and for design completion plus NRC Part 53 licensing — and the Nano Nuclear MoU framework covers the Kronos MMR project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, building on Hyundai E&C work with KAERI and Ultra Safe Nuclear since 2012. - Watch: MoUs and the preliminary agreement hardening into named contracts and projects; Elementl final investment decisions and Ohio siting; Samsung C&T confirming an investment role; Hyundai winning EAGL-1 construction work.