NuScale Power’s SMR receives design approval

• 4 years ago (2020-08-31)
• David Flin

North America 1021 Nuclear 659

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NuScale Power has announced that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed the last phase of the Design Certification Application (DCA) for the company’s SMR with the issuance of the Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER). The FSER represents completion of the technical review and approval of the NuScale SMR design.

John Hopkins, Chairman and CEO of NuScale, said: “The approval of NuScale’s design is an incredible accomplishment. The cost-shared funding provided by Congress over the past several years has accelerated NuScale’s advancement through the NRC Design Certification process. This is what DOE’s SMR Programme was created to do, and our success is credited to strong bipartisan support from Congress.”

NuScale continues to move towards commercialisation of its SMR technology, including supply chain development, standard plant design, planning of plant delivery activities, and start-up and commissioning plans. NuScale has signed agreements with entities in the US, Canada, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Jordan. Similar agreements with other entities are being negotiated.