US order promotes SMRs for space exploration and defence : Nuclear Policies - World Nuclear News

US order promotes SMRs for space exploration and defence : Nuclear Policies - World Nuclear News: The US Administration has issued an Executive Order on Promoting Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration, which it says will further revitalise the US nuclear energy sector and reinvigorate its space exploration programme. This includes directives to demonstrate the use of microreactors on military bases and also to ensure a viable US-origin supply of high-assay low-enriched uranium.