23 Jan (NucNet): A new sense of clarity and purpose is emerging around the commercialisation of small modular reactors (SMRs) and the technology looks set to be back on the agenda in 2015, a report by Nuclear Energy Insider (NEI) says.
The report paints a detailed picture of the current state of play, and identifies the main strands of thinking that will enable SMR commercialisation to get back on track.
“From the outside it will seem that SMR development has hit a brick wall, but to lump the sector’s difficulties together with the death of the so-called nuclear renaissance would be missing the point,” said Kerr Jeferies, senior industry analyst at NEI and the report’s lead author.
NEI also announced the return of its Small Modular Reactor Summit, to be held from 14-15 April 2015, in Charlotte, North Carlolina. The summit aims to be a focal point for discussion on the SMR industry.
The report is online: http://bit.ly/smrs_report
The conference brochure is online: http://bit.ly/smrs-brochure
