Why choose SMR Nuclear Consulting?
SMR Nuclear Consulting has direct experience with design and construction of small modular reactors that are actually being built today. We can provide advice and guidance on how to navigate the challenges associated with design, regulation, construction and deployment of small modular nuclear reactors in the United States.
To summarize a famous Hyman G. Rickover quote:
An academic reactor or reactor plant almost always has the following basic characteristics:
It is simple.
It is small.
It is cheap.
It is light.
It can be built very quickly.
It is very flexible in purpose (“omnibus reactor”)
Very little development is required. It will use mostly “off-the-shelf” components.
The reactor is in the study phase. It is not being built now.
On the other hand, a practical reactor plant can be distinguished by the following characteristics:
It is being built now.
It is behind schedule.
It is requiring an immense amount of development on apparently trivial items. Corrosion, in particular, is a problem.
It is very expensive.
It takes a long time to build because of the engineering development problems.
It is large.
It is heavy.
It is complicated.
At SMR Nuclear Consulting, we understand the challenges of a 'practical reactor' and deliver results, not promises.
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