Sentences with phrase «builds modular reactors»

The factories exist already — no need to invest large sums, e.g. Rolls Royce in Derby, UK, builds modular reactors for RN submarines.

Not exact matches

Bold Idea: Build a new generation of small, modular, ultrasafe nuclear reactors.

The Tennessee Valley Authority recently announced plans to build the nation's first small modular reactor in eastern Tennessee.

A test facility near Lynchburg, Va. is up and running to ensure that what looks good on paper will also work in practice and B&W already has one potential customer in the U.S. — the TVA — expressing an interest in building as many as six of the small modular reactors at its Clinch River site, former home of a failed effort to build a fast breeder reactor in the 1970s.

He believes it is feasible to build a prototype modular reactor — including demonstration factory components and a mockup of the reactor itself — as early as 2014, for less than a billion dollars.

And the birth of small, modular nuclear reactors — which can be built at lower cost and produce no greenhouse gas emissions — could play a significant role in helping to balance energy outflows from renewable sources.

Filed under: Regulation, New build, Reactor design, Small Modular Reactors, United States, Innovation

Building on Holtec's vast experience of delivering cutting - edge technologies to the global nuclear energy industry over the past 25 years, SMR is committed to delivering to the world a safe, secure, reliable, clean and affordable small modular nuclear reactor — SMR - 160.

Filed under: Treaties and agreements, Plant licensing, New build, Research and development, Small Modular Reactors, Canada, USA, Innovation

Filed under: New build, Construction, Supply chain, Research and development, Public opinion, Small Modular Reactors, Energy policy, Canada

«If we have a viable pathway at building nuclear power in smaller bites, the whole financing structure can change and make it much more affordable... If we can demonstrate let's say the first modular reactor in the early part of the next decade, then what we hope is it's part of the planning process in the middle of the next decade for our utilities.

Called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), these plants, would be inherently cheaper to build and safer to operate than conventional plants.

There is no good reason for the US not to be building small modular reactors.

The US has been building small modular nuclear reactors since the 1950's when the first nuclear powered submarine was launched.

Smaller, modular reactors can be built much faster and cheaper than traditional large - scale nuclear power plants.

The Obama administration deserves credit for authorizing funding for two small modular reactors, which will be built at the Savannah River site in South Carolina.

Hyperion is one of about 30 manufacturers of modular [factory built small] reactors that are delivered complete.

The result of the agreement is that ROK and KSA have teamed up for a $ 1 billion project to build a 100 MW (electrical) SMART small modular reactor in KSA using ROK technology and expertise.