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U.S. nuclear industry upbeat on small reactors, despite setback

Despite the recent cancellation of a next-generation U.S. nuclear plant,
backers of the carbon-free power source remain hopeful new projects will
come online by the end of the decade. Late last year, the U.S. energy
company NuScale announced it was pulling the plug on a small modular
reactor (SMR) project in the western state of Idaho.

The project — the sole SMR design yet to be approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission — faced exploding costs that took the estimated price from
$5.3 billion up to $9.3 billion.

 Japan Times 7th April 2024

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/07/us-nuclear-industry

April 9, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized