Proponents of nuclear technology are pointing at SMRs as the future of nuclear technology, but with a wide array of new technologies, one of the main challenges is scalability
- Feb 06, 2023, 5:00 PM CST
Last month the NuScale SMR, submitted updated licensing materials to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a power uprate of its six module VOYGR SMR. NuScale previously received NRC approval for a 12 reactor module design. Each module produces about 77 MWs. Finally, we note the consideration of using nuclear power for urban district heating in the US and Europe.
There may be roughly 70 different permutations of SMRs being considered around the world today. But they all use either water, molten salts, or sodium as a moderator for the nuclear reaction. Too much variety makes it more difficult to achieve scale. In considering scale, let's first consider the installed generation base in the continental US of about 1200 GWs. We assume that achieving scale in power generation equals 5% or 60,000 megawatts.
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