A new Department of Energy (DoE) program promises $160 million for two advanced nuclear reactor designs and $70 million for further development.
Advanced reactors are from generation III and IV, seeking more uniform and modular nuclear plants.
The Department of Energy (DoE) has started a new Office of Nuclear Energy project called the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP).
The “Advanced” part of ARDP is an industry term for the generation of reactors we have today.
Most existing power plants are idiosyncratic, built on a case-by-case basis to suit individual communities or use cases.
In NuScale’s tiny nuclear reactor, a core is kept cool by circulating normal fresh water, as happens in today’s operating nuclear plants on a much, much larger scale.
Inside huge nuclear towers, most of the space is dedicated to cooling. »