Kuala Lampur, May 12 -- Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are generating tremendous buzz in the both the power and non-power sectors as governments and industries seek alternative clean energy, heating as well as hydrogen sources.

SMRs represent another category of nuclear reactors defined by their power range; producing 300 MW or less capacity, a third of traditional large nuclear reactors of 1000 MW (Fig 1)

Fig 1: SMRs vis-avis Conventional Large Nuclear Reactors

SMRs progressing towards demonstration and commercialisation

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has outlined via the Agency's 3rd Edition NEA Small Modular Reactor Dashboard that presently there are 74 SMR technologies under development, with assessments included in the NEA SMR Das...