Sentences with phrase «small nuclear power reactors»

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The submarines» nuclear reactors produce enough power to supply a small town and need to be refueled only after years of operation.

Some of the new nuclear science research programs, including the one at MIT, are studying new reactor designs and fuel cycles that scientists (and policy - makers) hope will make nuclear plants safer and cheaper to operate, and produce waste materials with smaller volume, shorter half - lives, and less appeal to terrorists and other would - be nuclear powers.

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That means that the rest of the world — particularly China, which is building almost every type of reactor on offer, and Russia — may well inherit the promise and peril of nuclear power, whether small or large.

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.

Small reactors in kit form are the latest idea aimed at reviving the fortunes of the nuclear power industry

Lockheed Martin Corp said on Wednesday it had made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, and the first reactors, small enough to fit on the back of a truck, could be ready in a decade.

- Small nuclear reactors, which can provide localized carbon - free power, are so popular that they are on a three - year back order from their manufacturer, Hyperion Power Generapower, are so popular that they are on a three - year back order from their manufacturer, Hyperion Power GeneraPower Generation.

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

In 1968 I watched the launch of a Polaris missile submarine in Birkenhead — it was powered by... a small modular nuclear reactor — all nuclear subs (missile or not) are powered by such systems — which have been around for + / - 60 years.

A small nuclear fuel inventory, since each 50 MWe (gross) NuScale Power Module houses approximately 5 % of the nuclear fuel of a conventional 1,000 MWe nuclear reactor.

Scott Burnell, public affairs officer at the NRC, said NuScale's application is the first to propose a nuclear power plant designed with several small reactors instead of one large one.

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.

NuScale Power has created a new kind of nuclear power plant - a smaller, scalable pressurized water reactor with passive safety features, allowing shutdown and self - cooling, with no operator action, no AC or DC power, and no external wPower has created a new kind of nuclear power plant - a smaller, scalable pressurized water reactor with passive safety features, allowing shutdown and self - cooling, with no operator action, no AC or DC power, and no external wpower plant - a smaller, scalable pressurized water reactor with passive safety features, allowing shutdown and self - cooling, with no operator action, no AC or DC power, and no external wpower, and no external water.

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.

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.

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy is developing the Power Reactor Innovative Small Modular (PRISM) reactor, which uses liquid sodium as a coolant.

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.

The size of the reactor's nuclear core is a fraction of those of large conventional nuclear power plants, with an attendant small radioactive source term.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is currently involved in pre-licensing vendor design reviews - an optional service to assess of a nuclear power plant design based on a vendor's reactor technology - for ten small reactors with capacities in the range of 3 - 3Nuclear Safety Commission is currently involved in pre-licensing vendor design reviews - an optional service to assess of a nuclear power plant design based on a vendor's reactor technology - for ten small reactors with capacities in the range of 3 - 3nuclear power plant design based on a vendor's reactor technology - for ten small reactors with capacities in the range of 3 - 300 MWe.

Patrick McClure and David Poston will discuss the small nuclear reactor developed at the Laboratory to power missions on Mars during three Frontiers in Science lectures.

A graphic comparing the output of small modular reactors to conventional nuclear power reactors.

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.

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.

Most of the story is set at a small nuclear reactor in California and centers on a free - wheeling cameraman, the chief engineer at the reactor, a man who truly believes that nuclear energy is a safe and efficient form of power, and a female reporter who is trying to prove that she is better suited to hard news than the never - ending stream of fluff pieces she is handed.

«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.

It turns out that small reactors for nuclear propulsion are really about the only appropriate use for nuclear power.

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

Development of small to medium reactors (SMRs), is regarded as crucial to the future of the nuclear industry as it struggles to remain competitive against the rapidly falling cost of renewable wind and solar power.

The first small modular reactor (SMR) application has passed an intensive Phase 1 review by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), potentially marking the next chapter in civilian nuclear power in Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), potentially marking the next chapter in civilian nuclear power in nuclear power in the US.

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

But tellingly, despite top German officials» promises that «the nuclear power chapter has come to an end for us,» Germany only shut down its oldest and smallest reactors, with a full phase - out not expected until 2017.

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

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.

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.

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 approval.

Small nuclear reactors have been developed to power submarines and some other large vessels like aircraft carriers.

There is also possible regional distributed use of of small scale nuclear reactors (DEER) that seem unconditionally safe and also minimize long range power transmission needs.

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.

And if the evolutionary approach does lower the risk of a given small modular reactor, who can say whether reduced risks in individual power plants are outweighed by an overall global risk of dispersing a much greater number of nuclear reactors across the planet?

We are exceptionally well - versed in the next generation of nuclear power plants, including Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).