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US / Small Modular Reactors Could Massively Expand Nuclear Fleet By 2050, Says NEI’s Korsnick

By Kamen Kraev
22 June 2022

Regulatory challenges on the way to expansion
Small Modular Reactors Could Massively Expand Nuclear Fleet By 2050, Says NEI’s Korsnick
NEI CEO Maria Korsnick presented the US nuclear industry’s priorities at the Nuclear Energy Assembly conference on 21 June. Image courtesy NEI.
The Washington-based Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) is expecting that about 300 new small modular reactors (SMRs) could be deployed in the US by 2050, adding roughly 90 GW of new nuclear capacity to the national grid, according to the institute’s chief executive Maria Korsnick.

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