Small Modular Reactors

SMRs Have Potential To Replace 450 GW Of Coal Generation By 2050, Says NEA Report

By Kamen Kraev
24 September 2025

Most near-term opportunity lies in North America

SMRs Have Potential To Replace 450 GW Of Coal Generation By 2050, Says NEA Report
The Sherburne County (Sherco) generating station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota. Image courtesy Wikipedia Commons/Tony Webster.
Small modular reactors (SMRs) could replace up to 450 GW of coal-fired generation capacity worldwide by 2050, equivalent to more than today’s entire operating nuclear fleet, according to a new report by the Paris-based OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA).

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