These experimental reactors are Squandering More Resources as they are not needed and are extremely expensive, with no actual
approved reactor designs.
Newly
approved reactor designs could reduce global warming and fossil - fuel dependence, but utilities are grappling with whether better nukes make market sense
The NRC's final report
approving the reactor design is expected to be completed by September 2020.
Not exact matches
It should be possible to reduce the cost of nuclear power via modular standard
reactor design, but governments need to provide a regulatory environment that supports timely construction of
approved designs.
It should be possible to reduce the cost of nuclear power via modular standard
reactor design, but governments need to provide a regulatory environment that supports timely construction of
approved designs.
So now we have 4
approved large
reactor designs for the US, looks to me like regulatory approval is no longer an impediment, maybe the real issue is capitol investment and construction lead time.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation told the same committee it could take up to six years just to
approve the
design of the
reactors.