DOE senior leadership sought more innovative SMR designs

摘要

A push from senior members of DOE for more innovationnin small modular reactor designs influenced the department’sndecision to issue two separate funding opportunities —none emphasizing speedy deployment and one focused onninnovation — to support NRC certification and licensing ofnsmall modular reactors, DOE Office of Nuclear Energy officialsnsaid April 22 at an NRC commission meeting.