Small Modular Reactors

William Magwood / SMRs That Do Not Need Offsite Emergency Preparedness Could Be ‘Game-Changer’

By David Dalton
30 March 2021

Head of Paris-based NEA says lower costs and flexible deployment are crucial for many countries
SMRs That Do Not Need Offsite Emergency Preparedness Could Be ‘Game-Changer’
Mr Magwood said the challenge today is that building conventional LWRs is out of the price range of a lot of potential customers. Courtesy NEA.
Small modular reactors that do not need offsite emergency preparedness could be “a game-changer” for the nuclear industry as it struggles to meet the challenge of lowering costs for conventional light-water reactors, the head of the Nuclear Energy Agency told a webinar.

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