The American Nuclear Society wrapped up its annual meeting in Philadelphia yesterday, and the development of new nuclear technologies is speeding along faster than most people think. Many new nuclear start-up companies have emerged, even fusion seems to be moving along, and governments like Canada, China and the United States are spurring the development of Small Modular Reactors.
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced SMR technology as a research priority and Canada now has a roadmap for SMRs. CNL has vowed to build an SMR demonstration plant on their site by 2026. They received 19 expressions of interest for a prototype or demonstration reactor and three other developers proposed to move straight to commercial deployment in Canada.
This month CNL received submissions from four international and domestic SMR developers for this demonstration, with Terrestrial Energy’s Integrated Molten Salt Reactor topping the list.
James Conca – Forbes – June 22, 2018.
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