Sentences with phrase «small modular reactor designs»

The NRC continues to examine policy issues regarding all small modular reactor designs.

The 43 small modular reactor designs can not proceed because it costs far too much to get them through licencing.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is to conduct pre-licensing vendor design reviews (VDRs) of small modular reactor designs from NuScale Power and Westinghouse Electric Company.

While there are more than 90 advanced nuclear technology and small modular reactor designs under various stages of development, GEH and ARC Nuclear view sodium fast reactors as being the most mature advanced reactor technology with decades of real operating experience from more than 20 previous reactors.

The «Integral and Separate Effects Test Program for the Investigation and Validation of Passive Safety System Performance of SMRs» project would yield a uniquely configurable set of testing platforms to demonstrate passive safety system performance, accelerate the SMR - 160 and other small modular reactor designs to market, and help license these designs with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and international regulators.

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.

Not exact matches

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

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.

The governor of Argentina's north - western Formosa province has said that the prototype of the domestically designed CAREM small modular nuclear reactor will be deployed within the province.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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There is substantial international interest in small modular reactors and in the NuScale design specifically.

Small modular reactors - which are approximately one - third the size of current nuclear power plants - have compact, scalable designs that are expected to offer a host of safety, construction and economic benefits.

In addition, the Department announced plans to issue a follow - on solicitation open to other companies and manufacturers, focused on furthering small modular reactor efficiency, operations and design.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed the first phase in the design certification application (DCA) process for NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR).

There are eight new small modular reactors on a fast track to generic approval in the US — and more than 45 designs under development globally.

NuScale Power formally announced the submittal of a Design Certification Application (DCA) for their innovative small modular reactor (SMR) design (earlier post) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for their review and appDesign Certification Application (DCA) for their innovative small modular reactor (SMR) design (earlier post) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for their review and appdesign (earlier post) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for their review and approval.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR) design certification application and will provide a design review schedule soon.

These include accident tolerant fuels, small modular reactors, and other new reactor designs.

The nuclear industry has embraced this strategy with the development of small modular reactors, or SMRs, because downsizing and standardizing the reactor design can significantly reduce complexity.