Technology readiness assessment of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) designs

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-28

  Liu, Zhitao ^a   Fan, Jihong ^a  

^a State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Clean energy; Nuclear power; Small Modular Reactors (SMR); Technology Readiness Level (TRL)

Indexed keywords

CLEAN ENERGY; EMERGING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; LIGHT WATER REACTOR (LWR); LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; SMALL MODULAR REACTORS; TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION; TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS; TRANSVERSAL DIRECTIONS;

CURRICULA; DESIGN; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY;

SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 84884316837     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2013.07.005     Document Type: Review

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