Sentences with phrase «mpower modular reactor»

And we're now inviting bids to help develop the next generation of small modular reactors.

The US Department of Energy is co-sponsoring a project to see whether small modular reactors (SMRs), each producing about 180 megawatts (compared with 1000 megawatts from a full - sized reactor) can be made cost - effective.

Modular reactors house all the components in one vessel, reducing the risk of accident.

The Department of Energy is developing a prototype modular reactor at its Savannah River site in Georgia, and Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico are also considering modular plants.

Next Steps The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working with the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry group, to revamp the licensing procedure for nuclear power plants to include new rules tailored to small modular reactors.

«All the designs for small modular reactors eliminate the features in larger plants that can contribute to a potential accident,» he says.

Conventional plants have a number of systems to prevent the core from being uncovered, but modular reactors sidestep the problem entirely by housing all the system components, including the steam generators, inside a single vessel.

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

Small modular reactors may help with two of the biggest challenges facing the nuclear industry: the growing stores of waste from existing reactors and residue from the mass production of nuclear weapons as well as the overall safety of nuclear power.

Vancko estimates that this country will add four new reactors to its current stable of 104 in the next decade, and research into the safer small modular reactors, sometimes known as micronukes, may lead to a whole new model for the nuclear industry.

Small modular reactors «becoming a reality are dependent on government and the nuclear industry,» said NRC commissioner William Ostendorff in a speech to the American Nuclear Society conference this past November.

«Early in the discovery of any new technology you have this rosy picture that is formed,» Candris admits of small modular reactors.

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.

«Because of an unanticipated abundance of natural gas in the United States, nuclear energy, in general, is facing tough competition,» noted an analysis of the prospects for small modular reactors from the University of Chicago published last November.

«The Obama Administration and the Energy Department are committed to an all - of - the - above energy strategy that develops every source of American energy, including nuclear power,» said Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in a statement announcing the funding, which aims to get such modular reactors hooked into the grid by 2022.

Regardless of how cheap such small modular reactors may allow nuclear to be in future, it is unlikely to be as cheap as natural - gas - fired turbines in the present.

The NRC has begun discussions with Babcock & Wilcox Co. about its proposed mPower modular reactor design that is currently under consideration by the Tennessee Valley Authority for construction at TVA's Clinch River site in Tennessee.

There is almost no work going on in the United Kingdom on future alternative reactor designs, such as Generation IV reactors and small modular reactors and their associated fuel cycles, so Beddington's ad hoc board says the government should actively foster research in these areas.

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.

The one possible turn in the otherwise rough road in the West could be a shift in technology toward small, modular reactors (SMRs), which U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Secretary Ernest Moniz said could be deployed as soon as 2022 with his agency's support.

Osborne announced a doubling of investment in energy research, including # 250 million for small modular reactor development and other nuclear R&D.

Another question is what will small modular reactor technology look like?

The SMR - 160 small modular reactor is a next generation design prioritizing safety, simplicity, reliability and affordability to meet the world's growing energy needs.

On December 12, 2013, the Department of Energy announced it would award funding for developing a small modular reactor design to the Oregon start - up NuScale.

Firmly predicting that the city of Camden will be the birthplace for Holtec's transformative «walk away safe» small modular reactor, SMR - 160.

Advanced small modular reactors could change the way we think about nuclear power.

We are pleased to announce that Holtec International's engineers and scientists have successfully modified the core of the Company's SMR - 160 small modular reactor to increase the cycle life (operating period between successive refuelings) to nearly 4 years from 3-1/2 years previously achieved using a conventional design.

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

We are pleased to announce that URS Nuclear, a unit of URS Corporation's (URS) Energy & Construction Division, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Holtec International that gives URS an important role in the development of Holtec's small modular reactor, the SMR - 160.

The proposal for the second round federal funding opportunity from the U.S. DOE for small modular reactor (SMR) development is due on July 1, 2013, with the DOE anticipating making award (s) by January 16, 2014.

SMR - 160 is a passive, intrinsically safe, secure and economical small modular reactor that has the flexibility to be used in remote locations, in areas with limited water supplies or land, and in unique industrial applications where traditional larger reactors are not practical.

The argument for small modular reactors as far as I can see is that if there was a factory cranking them out then nuclear would be affordable.

«In addition, new technologies, such as small modular reactors (SMRs), are being researched and developed, and a number of large European - wide R&D programmes are being carried out».

On February 14th 2018, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), Holtec International and SMR LLC announced a collaboration to advance the SMR ‐ 160 small modular reactor.

We are pleased to announce that the preliminary design details of our small modular reactor, SMR - 160, and all essential scoping safety analyses have now been successfully completed.

NuScale Power has been actively involved in the UK Government's Small Modular Reactors (SMR) Feasibility Study.

NuScale Power is exploring potential opportunities to enter into partnerships to bring its small modular reactor to the UK market.

We are pleased to announce that a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between our wholly owned subsidiary SMR, LLC and the U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Office (DOE - SR), along with the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), has been executed to situate our first 160 MW (e) small modular reactor at the Savannah River Site (SRS).

M. Moore, H. Sam - Aggrey, H. Hanke, M. Yetisir and W. Hahn, «A Review Of Small Modular Reactors: The Canadian Applications And Impacts»

Mr. Rick Trotta is the Program Manager for SMR, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtec International, and is responsible for development of the SMR - 160 small modular reactor technology.

J. Whitlock, J. Sprinkle, «Proliferation Resistance Considerations for Remote Small Modular Reactors»

In April 2015, NuScale launched its NuScale Diverse Energy Platform (NuDEP) highlighting its small modular reactor technology as the nuclear «plug - n - play» solution for providing reliable power to diverse applications.

The US nuclear regulator is satisfied that NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR) design can operate safely without the need for safety - related electrical systems.

He has also been intimately involved with new plant development and deployment including advanced light water reactors, small modular reactors and advance non-light water reactors.

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

In December 2015, NuScale Power and AREVA Inc. announced a contract for AREVA to manufacture fuel assemblies for NuScale's small modular reactor (SMR) technology.

We are pleased to announce that the Company has partnered with NuHub, a collaborative group of public, private, academic, and community development groups working to maximize the economic and job creation impact of the nuclear renaissance on the Midstate of South Carolina, to compete for one of two federal grants from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for small modular reactor (SMR) development.

On December 12, 2013, NuScale Power was selected as the winner of the second round of DOE's competitively - bid, cost - sharing program to develop nuclear small modular reactor (SMR) technology.

Filed under: Regulation, Operation and maintenance, Reactor design, Small Modular Reactors, USA, Innovation

In August 2013, NuScale announced that Rolls - Royce had joined Fluor Corporation in backing NuScale's bid to commercialize small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology globally.