After a scenario of unique failures within several reactors at once, is the prospect of a dozen or more interrelated
small modular reactors on one site still as attractive?
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.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
So we're doubling our spending
on energy research with a major commitment to
small modular nuclear
reactors.
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.
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.
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 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.
Response: SMR - 160 is a
small modular pressurized water nuclear
reactor power plant that does not rely
on any pumps or motors to remove heat from the nuclear fuel, for all normal and accident scenarios.
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.
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 simplest change would be to replace coal + CCS with nuclear (the UK government now seems to be chasing the mirage of
Small Modular Reactors) but that is only marginally less unrealistic than CCS (a new post
on this shortly, I hope).
From the article:... A British parliamentary committee
on Wednesday will endorse
small modular nuclear
reactors, which some view as the perfect answer to the energy needs of the future.
If we removed the impediments
on nuclear power the cost of electricity from
Small Modular r \
Reactors (SMR) could decrease at a rate of 10 % per doubling of capacity.
PhysicsWorld.com has a short article
on the construction of
Small Modular Reactors — take the source of the electricity directly to the remote consumer.
And, the nuclear industry is working
on developing a new generation of
small modular reactors that can provide power for cities or local communities at a much lower cost.
mPower -
On April 14, 2014, Babcock & Wilcox announced the restructuring of its small modular reactor program to focus on mPower technology developmen
On April 14, 2014, Babcock & Wilcox announced the restructuring of its
small modular reactor program to focus
on mPower technology developmen
on mPower technology development.