Maninder Singh Batra writes: In the 20th century , the age was oil and coal , and with the birth of nuclear power .to achieve economies of scale with nuclear power generation , large monolithic reactors were used. But these large monolithic plants were costly ,took large time to build and were capital intensive .

But ,today ,a new approach is being adopted by the nuclear industry , a new approach has been developed .the approach of small modular reactors. There are several advantages of this approach :

SMRs are simplified designs
Superior safety by design
No need for unnecessary safety systems
Accelerated learning
Short construction time
Modular construction
Distributed power generation

There are several designs of these kind of modular reactors:

Babcock and Wilcox 150MW Modular LWR
SVBR-100
Hyperion Power Generation Uranium Hydride Reactor
Chinese Pebble bed reactor
Toshiba 4S

This approach will be revolutionary ,as countries with limited grid capacity and capital investment ability will be able to purchase such reactors

By Maninder Singh Batra

maninder300@hotmail.com

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