US nuclear industry upbeat on small reactors, despite setback

New York (AFP) April 7, 2024

Despite the recent cancellation of a next-generation US nuclear plant, backers of the carbon-free power source remain hopeful new projects will come on line by the end of the decade. Late last year, the US energy company NuScale announced it was pulling the plug on a small modular reactor (SMR) project in the western state of Idaho. The project - the sole SMR design yet to be approved b