Small modular reactors

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SMR
Pronunciation
/smɔːl ˈmɒdjʊlər rɪˈæktəz/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. The industry is betting its future on so-called Gen III designs, small modular reactors designed to be impervious to the kind of electrical failures that allowed the Fukushima reactors to overheat uncontrollably.
  2. This summer, the Tennessee Valley Authority signed an agreement with nuclear contractor Babcock & Wilcox to build six small, modular reactors on the Clinch River in Tennessee, marking the first such developments for commercial power generation.

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