SMR Alliances go for $452M In DOE gold

SMR Alliances go for $452M In DOE gold

by noreply@blogger.com (Dan Yurman)

Four consortiums line up but only two can win
This is an updated version of my coverage in Fuel Cycle Week, V11, N474 May 24, 2012, published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC

An overflow crowd at the Platts Third Annual Small Modular Reactor conference held last week in suburban Washington, D.C., got an up-close and personal look at three of the consortia.

They are vying for a piece of the U.S. Department of Energy’s $452 million cost-shared funding program for licensing and engineering support to develop small modular reactors, e.g., less than 300 MW.