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There are a variety of small modular reactors (SMRs) under development, not shed sized more like small town sized. NuScale is the furthest along, they are lice
by thinkcontext 5y ago
There are a variety of small modular reactors (SMRs) under development, not shed sized more like small town sized. NuScale is the furthest along, they are licensed by the NRC and have a project due to come online towards the end of the decade.
- 1970-01-01 5y agoThank you, I couldn't remember what they were called. There were stories of 1kW vSMRs which would be placed near a house: https://www.reutersevents.com/nuclear/mini-reactor-builders-eye-fleet-savings-supply-canadas-icy-north https://www.reutersevents.com/nuclear/mini-reactor-builders-... Seems like this idea didn't get traction.