New Delhi : India is working on new technologies such as the small modular reactors that can be factory-built and help make clean energy transition, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said here. Singh, in an interview to PTI, also said the government had opened up the nuclear power sector for joint ventures with public […]
Small Modular Reactors Face Numerous Economic Challenges, Development More Difficult than Imagined – EQ Mag
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), which have garnered much attention in recent years, have once again received mention in the “2022 World Nuclear Industry Status Report”. The report points out that the challenges and cost of SMRs are far greater than what the outside world imagines. Tsai Chung-yue, deputy executive officer of Citizen of the Earth, […]
Can Small Modular Reactors Be a Sustainable Solution for Energy-Intensive Data Centers? – EQ Mag
To be more sustainable and produce fewer carbon footprints, the energy-intensive data center industry must turn from conventional fossil energy sources to renewable or low-carbon energy sources. Under such circumstances, will small modular reactors (SMRs) be a promising solution in the coming years? An SMR, as its name suggests, is a scaled-down nuclear plant. Unlike […]