Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

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Sunday, January 8, 2012

SMR Update



A review of Westinghouse's SMR development presented to the IAEA in 2011. It includes a section on steps the company is taking to address post-Fukushima concerns (apologies for not beng able to shorten the hyperlink).

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:FzI-zT7kPVcJ:www.iaea.or.at/NuclearPower/Downloads/Technology/meetings/2011-Jul-4-8-ANRT-WS/4_USA_SMR_WESTINGHOUSE_Shulyak.pdf+%22SMR%22+SITING+CRITERIA&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg22Go0UZgfFHIHMgvSjgSmLXkuKI93maH8YloluBt6Bwqd5ikDyag3a413lwiS58Uo1vN1sOE8vHq63fr3-mu2HbpdYj9a_n1UikpFFUSIsru-j073zB4foORjE23Rtil_hXPQ&sig=AHIEtbSkUBxH40k-vr7ISCv4od711Ce-Aw&pli=1

A June 2011 NEA study on SMR economics and technical feasibility: http://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/reports/2011/current-status-small-reactors.pdf

And a comprehensive November 2011 study on SMRs by the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute:

http://nuclearinfrastructure.org/resources/SMR_White_Paper_Version_111111jh__3__vs_print.pdf

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