US nuclear industry upbeat on small reactors

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 08, 2024 12:23 am

Despite setbacks in SMR adoption

NEW YORK: Despite the recent cancellation of a next-generation US nuclear plant, backers of the carbon-free power source remain hopeful new projects will come online by the end of the decade.

Late last year, the US energy company NuScale announced it was pulling the plug on a small modular reactor (SMR) project in the western state of Idaho.

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Despite setbacks in SMR adoption

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