Small Modular Reactors, or SMRs, are a type of nuclear reactor characterized by compact size, typically producing less than 300MW, and modular design. SMRs hold significant importance in the energy sector for several reasons. First, their smaller size allows for more flexible deployment, enabling...
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) based on established light-water technology have gained a lot of attention from the nuclear industry; however, the potential that SMRs have to reduce the cost of nuclear construction has been under-studied. Modularisation is a cost reducing mechanism where a SMR ...
In a nuclear plant, the core contains the fuel materials that generate the heat that produces the steam that turns the turbines and creates massive quantities of electricity from tiny quantities of uranium. A single fuel pellet the size of the tip of my pinkie produces as much heat, when it...
as most pro- and anti-nuclear advocates would agree. That's due to cost and difficulty of construction. For many years, the most promising candidate for a large 21st century nuclear plant has been theAP1000 reactorbuilt by U.S. company Westinghouse. Massive cost and...
GE Vernova has a small modular reactor design that has been approved for construction in Ontario, Canada. The company sees an opportunity to add as much as 5 gigawatts of nuclear-generated energy in the U.S. through the end of the decade. Goldman rates GE Vernova a buy with a price ta...
People and laws mention 'advanced reactors' all the time, which are said to have improvements over non-advanced reactors. This page breaks down the facets of advancement that are being referred to.
Westinghouse Electric Company announced it has formally submitted an application to the U.K. Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for approval to enter the General Design Assessment (GDA) of the AP300 Small Modular Reactor (SMR). This is the first step in the formal licensing...
I am in favor of Advance Boiling water reactors, Simplified BWRs and even the AP1000.
Since the Dawn of Mustachianism in 2011, the same question has come up over and over again: And in these nine years since then, the movement towards socially responsible investing has only grown. Public pension funds have started to “divest” from oil c
Small Modular Reactors, or SMRs, are a type of nuclear reactor characterized by compact size, typically producing less than 300MW, and modular design. SMRs hold significant importance in the energy sector for several reasons. First, their smaller size allows for more flexible deployment, enabling...