US reactor developer NuScale Power and Prodigy Clean Energy have announced a new conceptual design for a transportable and marine-based small modular reactor (SMR) power generating facility that provides “dramatically improved transportability, manufacturability, economics, safety, and security”.

The updated concept will be used for discussions with utilities, regulators and shipyard manufacturers, a statement said.

Prodigy is a Canadian company specialising in the development of transportable nuclear power plants. NuScale and Prodigy have been collaborating since 2018 with the goal of bringing a competitive North American SMR marine facility to market – a product that can generate safe, affordable, and reliable electricity at grid-scale at any coastal location worldwide.