Scott Burnell
Public Affairs Officer
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The NRC’s first few Chats have focused on the present or past, but this week we’re going to look ahead a couple years by talking about Small Modular Reactors, or SMRs.
These
reactor concepts are much smaller than today’s nuclear power plants.
The small designs currently being discussed would generate less than 200
megawatts of electricity per reactor, compared to the 1,000 megawatts
or more coming from many current reactors. These compact designs could
be grouped at a single site, with each reactor a “module” in the overall
power plant. SMRs would be built at a factory and could be transported
to their final location by truck or train.
Join us on Chat today at 2 p.m.
Eastern today with your questions for Anna Bradford, a senior manager
for SMR activities in the agency’s Office of New Reactors. Anna will
spend an hour answering your questions about the basics of SMRs, as well
as the NRC’s plans for reviewing both reactor designs and possible
locations for SMR-based nuclear power plants.
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