What are Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)? - International Atomic …
Sep 13, 2023 · The IAEA’s Technical Working Group on Small and Medium Sized or Modular Reactors (TWG-SMR) and the SMR Regulators' Forum unites experts to discuss challenges and share experiences related to the development and future deployment of SMRs. The IAEA fosters sustainable nuclear energy development.
Small modular reactors (SMR) | IAEA
Nov 30, 2023 · Small and medium-sized or modular reactors are an option to fulfil the need for flexible power generation for a wider range of users and applications. Small modular reactors, deployable either as single or multi-module plant, offer the possibility to combine nuclear with alternative energy sources ...
Nuclear Power for the Future: New IAEA Publication Highlights …
Oct 30, 2020 · Two other SMR frontrunners in Argentina and China are due to begin operation within the next three years. Argentina, China and Russia presented their progress on SMR technology in the webinar. The Akademik Lomonosov became the world’s first SMR power plant to enter commercial operation when it was connected to the grid in Russia’s remote ...
Small Modular Reactors: Advances in SMR Developments 2024
Most data presented in this publication come from the 2024 update to the ARIS database. Publications on the status of SMR technology developments have been published in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024. More Information …
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The SMR Platform is a focal point for the IAEA’s activities in this field and provides coordinated support and expertise from across the entire Agency. At the same time, NHSI brings together policy makers, regulators, designers, vendors, and operators to enhance the harmonization of regulatory approaches and the wider standardization of ...
Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Regulators' Forum | IAEA
The SMR Regulators’ Forum, established in 2014, provides enabling discussions among Member States and other stakeholders to share SMR regulatory knowledge and experience. The Forum enhances nuclear safety by identifying and resolving common safety issues that may challenge regulatory reviews associated with SMRs and by facilitating robust and ...
Nuclear power’s comeback is down to small modular reactors
Oct 6, 2022 · The fledgling SMR industry could play an important role in scaling up global nuclear capacity. Traditional nuclear reactors take many years to bring online and require many decades of use to produce a return on the high capital costs needed to build them.
IAEA Team in Romania Concludes First Ever Site and External …
Sep 15, 2022 · The IAEA’s review assessed how Romania conducted the process for the site selection of the SMR against IAEA safety standards, taking into account potential impacts to a site from external events, such as tsunamis, earthquakes and floods, and potential impacts to the population from low probability accidents at the site.
Jordan Advances Nuclear Power Programme with Support from …
Oct 4, 2023 · Powered by an SMR, Jordan’s envisaged desalinisation plant would produce fresh water from the Red Sea for delivery to the 4 million residents of Amman, the fast-growing capital. The expert review mission, held at the Agency’s Vienna headquarters in August 2023, comprised 18 IAEA and three external experts who evaluated Jordan’s studies to ...
SMR Platform: New Web Portal Facilitates Technical Support
Aug 17, 2022 · Countries looking to accelerate SMR deployment with the help of the IAEA’s Platform on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and their Applications—launched one year ago to provide support on all aspects of SMR development, deployment, licensing and oversight—can take their first step through a new online portal to access all IAEA services as ...