Brouillette touts SMRs in address to space council

May 22, 2020, 7:42AMNuclear News

Brouillette

In remarks addressed to a meeting of the National Space Council on May 19, Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said that the development and deployment of small modular reactors could provide sustainable power sources for space applications.

SMR designs once again a focus at ANS Winter Meeting 2012

November 14, 2012, 8:15PMANS Nuclear CafeWill Davis

Small Modular Reactors, or SMRs, have been under consideration in many quarters of late as a new focus for nuclear power generation. While the recent deadline for Department of Energy grant money came and went without so much as a whisper from the DOE, the concept continues to be developed. Quite a few presentations have been made, as a result, on reactors of this class here at the ANS 2012 Winter Meeting.