But then immediately after the war, the focus shifted to developing very small nuclear power packs specifically for use in submarines. Late in the 20th century a South African group embarked on a project to develop a small modular reactor called the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). This reactor is a member of a general class of new nuclear designs now collectively called Small Modular Reactors (SMR). Over the last few years the idea of small modular reactors has taken off around the world, and a number of countries now have small modular reactors development projects running. Small modular reactors for African solutionsAfrica has to think of African solutions for Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 08, 2020 12:33 UTC