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  3. Overview of Small Modular and Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Their Role in the Energy Transition

    Jonas Kristiansen Nøland, Martin Hjelmeland, Christian Hartmann, et al. · 2025 · IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion · 32 citations

    There is an unprecedented need to expand the toolbox of solutions to boost the scalability of clean power and energy systems. Amidst this challenge, nuclear energy is increasingly recognized as an important player in the path toward deep decarbonization of the global energy mix. This paper presents a technology review of small modular reactor (SMR) concepts currently under development and deployment. Both conventional and next-generation reactor technologies are evaluated with a focus on potential power system integration benefits, added system values, and provision of system-bearing services. Nevertheless, there are currently some uncertainties in the techno-economic competitiveness of SMRs

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  11. An energy justice critique of small modular reactors in emerging nuclear transitions

    Darren McCauley · 2025 · Energy Research & Social Science · 10 citations

    The rise of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) presents a complex reflection point of technological promise and societal responsibility. There is increasing need to move beyond purely technical assessments of a future expanded deployment of SMRs. By incorporating frameworks of energy justice, we can better recognise that historical injustices and systemic inequalities intensify by inadequately planned nuclear transitions to modularity. Community engagement, transparency, and a commitment to addressing potential negative impacts on vulnerable populations are paramount in this new emerging field. Furthermore, considerations of property rights, resource distribution, and the potential displacement o

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  15. Small Modular Reactors: The future of nuclear energy?

    Jennifer Richter · 2014 · 5 citations

    Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are being explored by the NRC and DOE as a means of producing nuclear energy on a smaller scale. Because of their modularity, they are presumed to be both less costly and more efficient to produce. This paper describes the historical context of SMRs, as well as potential issues relating to the social context of SMRs if they are deployed in society on different scales, from the local to the national and international. Understanding SMRs as sociotechnical systems allows for different conception of the role of SMRs as a technology that could potentially reorganize society, which needs to be accounted for prior to deployment. The concept of the sociotechnical imagin

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  21. Can small modular reactors save nuclear energy?

    Craig A. Bettenhausen · 2023 · C&EN Global Enterprise

    Nuclear power has inspired hope and apprehension since the early 20th century. But nuclear’s high cost and safety concerns have kept fossil fuels dominant in the global energy economy. Now a new breed of start-up company says its fission-powered small modular reactors (SMRs) will sidestep the woes that have long bedeviled the nuclear industry. Chemical makers such as Dow are interested in being early adopters as they look to decarbonize their factories—if anyone is actually able to start delivering on the promise of SMRs. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) made history early this year when it gave its first approval to a new type of nuclear power plant: the small modular reactor (SMR

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  22. A New Era in Nuclear Energy: Small Modular Reactors and Türkiye’s Approach

    Furkan Öz, Ahmet Samancı · 2025 · Özgür Yayınları eBooks

    Energy is one of the major issues of today and with the advancement of technology, it will become an even more significant challenge in the future. Obtaining energy from clean sources is of great importance in minimizing global warming and other environmental impacts. At this point, the use of nuclear power plants, which operate with zero carbon emissions, comes into play. Nuclear power plants are generally facilities that produce large amounts of electricity. In recent years, small modular reactors (SMRs) have begun to be developed as an alternative to conventional high-power nuclear power plants, characterized by smaller sizes, modular designs, and shorter construction times. Small modular

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  23. Liberalizing the Nuclear Energy Sector: Small Modular Reactors, Net-Zeros, and Perceptions in India

    Hely Desai · 2024 · International Journal of Nuclear Security

    The experimental small modular reactors (SMRs) have come to gain immense attention and importance given the global quest to quickly achieve net-zero goals. The Indian Government, too, has been pushing for SMRs to aid its industrial decarbonization targets and eventually wield the supply mediation in the race to acquire this novel technology. However, one of the key debates driving SMR discourse in India is the dilemma of allowing the involvement of the private sector into the nuclear energy realm. Although this idea seems to be an exciting solution to India’s energy woes, the reevaluation of a 60-year-old energy law comes with a new set of security challenges and financial opportunities for

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