Small Nuclear Developer NuScale to Go Public Through SPAC Deal

  • Combining with Spring Valley has $1.9 billion enterprise value
  • NuScale is only company to win NRC approval for SMR technology

John Hopkins, chairman and chief executive officer of NuScale Power.

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NuScale Power LLC, a nuclear technology company that’s majority-owned by Fluor Corp., is planning to go public through a deal with blank-check company Spring Valley Acquisition Corp.

The combination of Portland, Oregon-based NuScale and the special purpose acquisition vehicle will have an estimated pro-forma enterprise value of $1.9 billion and Fluor will have a 60% stake, according to a statement Tuesday. NuScale anticipates gross proceeds of as much as $413 million.