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• Small reactors have NRC's attention

  Chairman Dale Klein speech says they're part of the "nuclear renaissance."  He has some advice for how to deal with their licensing issues. The drumbeat about a global nuclear renaissance drives  is giving some people a headache and that includes NRC chairman Dale Klein who complained about it at a conference by the same name in Alexandria, VA, last week.  While NRC's... Posted Jul 27 2008, 06:37 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC licensing, New Nuclear Plants, small reactors

• Smaller reactors seek market share

  Conventional light water units of just 45 MW could go online by 2015 There's a fair amount of excitement over an article published in the July 15 issue of Popular Mechanics about a 45 MW light-water reactor.  It describes a plant design that is just 65 feet long with a reactor unit as tall as two NBA basketball players, about 14 feet high.  The steel reactor vessel is reportedly just... Posted Jul 26 2008, 01:14 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: small reactors