Topic
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
15 published works
Infra Insight Blog
Small Modular Reactors and Colorado’s Infrastructure Future
Small modular reactors (SMRs), a type of advanced nuclear reactor, are gaining renewed attention for their ability to deliver firm, dispatchable power with a smaller footprint and potentially shorter construction…
Latham.London
Financing the Future of Fission: A Nuclear Renaissance and the Promise of SMRs
SMRs are attracting growing attention from governments, investors, and financiers as a means to power the energy transition, offering the promise of shorter construction times, scalability, and reduced financial risk…
The Right Coast
OpenAI s Sam Altman Is Taking a Nuclear-Energy Startup Public – WSJ
California-based Oklo is developing a small modular nuclear reactor design and plans to sell electricity into the competitive power market, including through the kind of agreements that wind and solar…
Environment, Land & Resources
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Certifies First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Design
The move represents a step forward for the small modular nuclear reactor industry, but legislative uncertainty over new nuclear facilities in the US remains. By Marc Campopiano, Lucas Quass, and…
Gravel2Gavel
Wyoming House Bill 74: Replacing Retiring Energy Sources with Small Nuclear Reactors
By Elina Teplinsky Sidney L. Fowler, Khalid Kamal
On March 10, 2020, the Wyoming legislature passed House Bill 74 (HB 74). If signed into law, HB 74 will allow utilities and other power plant owners to replace retiring…
Gravel2Gavel
Deployment of SMRs: Key Market Trends for Consideration
By Elina Teplinsky, Sidney L. Fowler
Any strategy for the successful deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) must thoroughly consider the current trends affecting the burgeoning market for SMRs. In 2019, the three major trends shaping…
New Nuclear
A Closer Look at Regulatory Reform Proposals in the Canadian SMR Roadmap … and a Few U.S. Updates Too!
By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai
Earlier this month, a leading group of Canadian power companies and government entities (although not the nuclear regulator) issued a “Canadian SMR Roadmap,” an 89 page plan for Canada to…
Latham.London
Proposed Market Framework for Financing Small Nuclear Projects in the UK
By Beatrice Lo and Heeran Caselton The Expert Finance Working Group on Small Nuclear Reactors (EFWG), an independent group convened in January 2018 by the Department for Business, Energy &…
New Nuclear
NRC Issues Draft Regulatory Reform Papers; Reaffirms International Cooperation
By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has moved forward in developing initial regulatory positions on next-generation reactors, and reaffirming the value of its international cooperation efforts. In support of its December…
New Nuclear
Canada Discusses Perspectives on Canadian SMR Opportunity
By Amy Roma, Sachin Desai
Highlighting how government support can positively benefit a transformative, nascent industry, Canada has again taken a lead role in support small modular reactor (SMR) development. The country has already garnered…