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Small Modular Reactors Sail into Headwinds at Savannah River

January 20, 2011 by Dan Yurman
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Licensing issues could push prototypes projects off course. An innovative program to build prototypes of multiple designs of small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is getting off to a rocky start. The anti-nuclear group Friends of the Earth (FOE) is charging that the Department of Energy (DOE) is trying to... [read more]

Stand up double for SMRs

September 4, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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NRC initiative and ANS white papers get attention Two developments in the normally quiet week prior to the end of summer Labor Day weekend show the future of small nuclear reactors could be brighter than the past. There’s a new point person at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on small modular reactors (SMRs).  Also, the... [read more]

How to open running room for small reactors

June 22, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Dialog and changes are needed with Congress, regulators, and government The future of small modular reactors (SMRs), with power levels less than 300 MW, will be brighter in the next decade, but only if a daunting series of nearly two dozen issues get attention from a cross-section of policy makers, regulatory agencies, and the... [read more]