NuScale’s 77 MWe nuclear power modules are tiny compared to the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, with its 3 GW+ capacity. However, modules can be combined to increase power output, and small modular reactors (SMRs) offer a promising new future for scalable nuclear power, which could have direct applications in the process industries. Lorena noted that the advantages include flexibility in size, cost, operational flexibility, resiliency, and unparalleled safety case. NuScale received standard design approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in September 2020.

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Decarbonization is an important challenge facing industry. Producing the products that society needs while emitting less carbon dioxide to atmosphere will take effort, commitment, and doing things in new or different ways. This session explores this topic from several different perspectives, including design, operations, carbon free power production, and low carbon hydrogen production.

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