The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued it’s final rule to certify NuScale Power’s small modular reactor, effective February 21, 2023.
“SMRs are no longer an abstract concept”
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Kathryn Huff said, in a Department of Energy press release
The new power module becomes the first small modular reactor (SMR) design certified by the NRC and just the seventh reactor design cleared for use in the US.
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