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Microreactors / Public-Private Partnerships Will Be Needed For Full-Scale Deployment, Says Former US Energy Secretary

By David Dalton
30 April 2021

About 14 designs are under development in several countries
Public-Private Partnerships Will Be Needed For Full-Scale Deployment, Says Former US Energy Secretary
Mr Moniz (left) said he is optimistic that several designs will be ready for demonstration by the end of the decade. Courtesy Dean Calma/IAEA.
International collaboration is vital in developing and deploying new nuclear power technologies such as microreactors but programmes, probably in the form of public-private partnerships, will be needed to stimulate full-scale deployment, former US energy secretary Ernest Moniz told an International Atomic Energy Agency panel discussion.

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