The first-ever early site permit (ESP) application for a small modular reactor (SMR) was submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) this May, marking a resurgence for the fledgling…
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The nuclear industry has been expecting big things from small modular reactors (SMRs) for a long time, but to date, no SMRs have reached commercial construction phase. That may change…
A small modular reactor (SMR) system that uses a supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) Brayton cycle instead of the steam Rankine cycle is under development at the Korea Advanced Institute of…
AREVA Inc. and NuScale Power announced today that the modified AREVA HTP-2 fuel design for NuScale’s small modular reactor (SMR) technology will be named NuFuel HTP2™. The announcement was made…
Westinghouse Electric wants the UK to partner in the deployment of its small modular reactor (SMR) technology. The Toshiba Corp. group on Oct. 20 submitted an unsolicited proposal that outlines…
William D. Magwood, IV, formerly head of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and commissioner at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and current director-general of the Organisation…
[Corrected (May 30): See note below] A cooperative agreement finalized by NuScale Power and the Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday means the small modular reactor (SMR) developer will receive…
NuScale Power is the winner of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) March 2013–announced funding opportunity to help design, certify, and commercialize small modular reactors (SMRs) in the U.S. The DOE's…
Though small, modular reactors have their detractors, on balance, the “little guys” appear to have an edge over the heavy-weights in the contest for the next generation of U.S. nuclear…
The western U.S. could host the first NuScale small modular reactor, which traces its roots to Oregon State University. Financial backing from Fluor Corp. could make the design more than…