Talk:Small modular reactor

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This page was a fairly short-term project. While many sources are available on Small Modular Reactors, many of them are outdated or obviously biased. There are new sources emerging all the time, but most of them are from small conferences and think-tanks, and not accessible for others to reference. I would appreciate any help that anyone can give to help increase the number of viable sources and information for this page. Help? BJMcNall (talk) 21:07, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Operation section

The entire "Operation" section seems unnecessary. It is a long section and basically describes the operation of various types of nuclear reactors, with no real information specific to small modular reactors. This kind of section would be appropriate for the Nuclear Reactor Technology article or the Nuclear Reactor Physics article. I believe that as it is, it does not add anything to the article as a whole. —Megiddo1013 18:03, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Disadvantages and limitations of SMRs

This page as a whole reads like a funding request. Not being a nuclear scientist, there must be some information on limitations to this technology. No energy source is so clear of constraints. Geodaktari (talk) 17:05, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, see "too promotional" section below... Johnfos (talk) 02:06, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it's too one sided, so I've added a dedicated disadvantages/issues section, and added content - including with citation from widely-respected media source BBC News. Simonjon (talk) 11:31, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Needs a summary

Italic textVery hard to find out the history of actually constructed SMEs and which of the many current designs are ready for licencing or being constructed. - Rod57 (talk) 23:52, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Too promotional: what about disadvantages, limitations, and the skeptics?

According to Mark Cooper, the failed “nuclear renaissance” of the 2000s did not live up to its promises and this experience should provide a rationale for healthy skepticism toward claims about new nuclear reactor technology:

"This skeptical approach should apply to the new darling technology of the nuclear industry, small modular reactors. The public is hearing exactly the same promises about standardization, modularization, learning curve cost reductions, improved safety, and fast construction schedules that were made—and broken—in regard to earlier reactor designs. These are assurances that drive the industry to skip proper research and development and careful pre-commercial demonstration. The early retirements in California, Florida, and elsewhere should lead to greater caution about nuclear power safety and economics, not less." -- Mark Cooper, "Nuclear aging: Not so graceful", 18 June 2013.

I've added a "missing information" tag which should help. -- Johnfos (talk) 02:06, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it was too one sided, so I've added a dedicated disadvantages/issues section, and added content - including with citation from widely-respected media source BBC News. Simonjon (talk) 11:31, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merged in content from article Micro nuclear reactor

Article merged: See old talk-page here

Licensing

Submarine reactors presumably count as "small". Would a reactor, licensed for submarine use, also be licensed for use on land or are there separate regulatory regimes for marine and land use? Roberttherambler (talk) 18:50, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

My understanding is that a submarine reactors use highly enriched uranium and their design is a secret. So they can't be used in the civilian market. However, the Russian Russian floating nuclear power station uses low enriched uranium could probably be licensed for land. Paul Studier (talk) 16:38, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Roberttherambler (talk) 22:18, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

History

At the end of the History section, it says "Smaller reactors would be easier to upgrade quickly, require a permanent workforce, and have better quality controls, just to name a few more advantages." Why would smaller reactors require a permanent workforce more than larger reactors do? Is this perhaps missing a "do not" before "require a permanent workforce" or perhaps "smaller" before "permanent"? —Salton Finneger (talk) 17:27, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]