NuScaleNuScale Power is on track to build the first small modular nuclear reactor in America faster than expected. Two weeks ago, NuScale’s small modular nuclear reactor design completed the Phase 1 review of its design certification application (DCA) by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It means the reactor just won’t melt down or otherwise cause any of the nightmares people think about when imagining the worse for nuclear power. The brain-child of Dr. Jose Reyes, NuScale’s Chief Technology Officer and nuclear engineering professor emeritus at Oregon State University, this modular reactor takes advantage of the small in small modular. NuScaleA couple of additional features are: 1) no one can hack this reactor and 2) refueling of this reactor does not require the nuclear plant to shut down.

Source: Forbes May 15, 2018 09:56 UTC