Last week, NuScale announced their submission of the first design certification application for any SMR in the United States to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. That certification will be valid for 15 years to support a combined license application for NuScale to construct and operate this new type of power plant. NuScale will build the SMR, UAMPS will own the SMR, Energy Northwest will operate the SMR and DOE will provide the site for the SMR on the grounds of its Idaho National Laboratory. A single NuScale nuclear power module is 76-feet tall and 15-feet in diameter, and sits in a plant covering 32 acres or 0.05 square miles. Refueling of SMRs do not require the nuclear plant to shut down.

Source: Forbes January 15, 2017 17:19 UTC