Study of NuScale Power data suggests small modular reactors likely to produce more waste than larger reactors

A pair of researchers from Stanford University working with a colleague at the University of British Columbia has found that small, modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) may produce more toxic waste per unit of electricity generated than larger, more mainstream nuclear reactors. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Lindsay Kralla, Rodney Ewing and Allison Macfarlane describe their analyses of data provided by NuScale Power, an entity tasked with designing smaller and cheaper nuclear power plants, and the models they created to show how much toxic waste would be produced by such plants.

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