The entire logic that has been built up for small modular reactors is with the background of climate change emergency. That’s the big problem we have....... Climate change emergency contains the notion of urgency. And so we are talking about something where the time factor needs to kick in......... And if we are talking about SMRs…
The US government and companies are plowing billions into small modular reactors. China is leading in the tech, Russia is making almost all the fuel. The US is playing catch-up.
Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors.