EnergySource Innovation Stream: Small Modular Reactors
May 20, 2020
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NuScale Power has been developing a Power Module for a Small Modular Reactor (SMR). This SMR technology will allow NuScale to provide a nuclear power generation option to a much wider variety of customers to fit their needs. The SMR’s modularity and size allows it to be fabricated in a factory and assembled on the site, which drastically reduces costs and construction time. Furthermore, the refueling of the power modules can be scheduled in a way where the unit does not have to be taken offline during refueling. NuScale is working with UAMPS to demonstrate the reactor with the hopes of commercial operation by 2027.