Small Modular Reactors. Are they now unavoidable?

Nuclear Energy remains as contentious and controversial today as it has ever been. Fukushima nearly killed it off for good, but now there's a new crop of systems in development all over the world that may cause our policymakers to think again. They're called Small Modular Reactors. This week we consider the pros and cons of the technology. 

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Research Links

NUSCALE

https://www.nuscalepower.com/

World Nuclear Association

https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-power-reactors/small-nuclear-power-reactors.aspx

International Energy Agency

https://webstore.iea.org/download/direct/2779

Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2019/04/25/china-enters-global-tech-race-for-small-modular-nuclear-reactors/#385fa62b62b8

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinero/2019/11/26/the-staggering-timescales-of-nuclear-waste-disposal/#2c83242529cf

HOLTEC

https://holtecinternational.com/products-and-services/smr/

BECHTEL

https://www.bechtel.com/blog/innovation/july-2020/watershed-moment-for-environment-energy-bechtel/

BWXT

https://www.bwxt.com/what-we-do/naval-nuclear-propulsion

Union of Concerned Scientists

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/small-modular-reactors

Indian DAE

https://www.nuclearasia.com/news/dae-working-small-modular-reactors-kn-vyas/3307/

C&EN

https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/nuclear-waste-pilesscientists-seek-best/98/i12

United Nations

https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/2018-revision-of-world-urbanization-prospects.html

Our World in Data

https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy

International Atomic Energy Agency

https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
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