Small Modular Reactors

NuScale / First Customer Has Set LCOE Target For SMR Of $55/MWh, Says Co-Founder

By David Dalton
29 April 2021

Company has studied cost overrun problems at conventional nuclear plants
First Customer Has Set LCOE Target For SMR Of $55/MWh, Says Co-Founder
A computer-generated image of a NuScale SMR nuclear power plant. Courtesy NuScale.
NuScale’s first customer for its small modular reactor has set a target for the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of 5.5 US cents per kilowatt hour, or $55/MWh – putting it at the low end of the cost range for new reactors.

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