The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved by US Regulators

Re:The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved... by ksec on Saturday August 06, 2022 @11:18AM (#32368852)

Thank You. I should have read the article more carefully. It does state the reactor "consists of a 76-foot-tall, 15-foot-wide cylindrical containment vessel that houses the reactor". Looks like NuScale's SMR doesn't fit my mental model of SMRs. I was thinking SMRs size that could easily fit within a 40ft container.

>particularly that factory infrastructure needs to come on line and site licensing need to happen, and then the plant needs to get commissioned after it is built (which takes longer for the first).

Oh Ok. So it is only the "design" that has been approved. ( Again I should have read it carefully ). No wonder why it is taking so long.

Thank you for the reply.

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Re:The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved... by _n_b_ on Saturday August 06, 2022 @11:23AM (#32368899)

> I was thinking SMRs size that could easily fit within a 40ft container.

Those would be 'micro-reactors' and as noted tend to be optimised for off-grid applications.

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