Sentences with phrase «safer small modular reactors»

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.

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

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.

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.

SMR - 160 is a passive, intrinsically safe, supremely secure, and economically attractive small modular reactor with 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.

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

These include «small modular reactors» which proponents claim are safer and more cost - effective, but which introduce their own issues.