Regulators tackle SMRs to give them room to grow | Nuclear Energy Insider

Regulators tackle SMRs to give them room to grow | Nuclear Energy Insider: Safety regulations on a 3.5 GW second generation power plant built in the 1970s cannot be applied to a state-of-the-art, 300-MW molten salt reactor, but with possibly hundreds of SMR designs being worked on worldwide, regulators are faced with the challenge of applying overarching laws that can effectively govern the next generation.