Bob Goldstein is the CEO of U.S. Nuclear Corporation (USNC). USNC is “a radiation, chemical detection and specialty drone holding company specializing in the development, manufacturing and sales of radiation and chemical detection instrumentation”. He was recently interviewed.
The French Council of Ministers has just approved a draft of legislation intended to streamline the administrative and bureaucratic processes required to construct new nuclear power plants near, or within, existing sites.
The U.K. Sizewell C project is a proposed nuclear power plant in Suffolk. The plan is to construct a one gigawatt two hundred-thousand-megawatt power station with two European Pressurized Reactors (EPR) nuclear reactors. The construction was expected to begin in 2024. Construction would take between nine and twelve years.
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In order for the needed SMR paradigm shift to take place, industry and governments will need to strive towards standardized designs, standardized approaches to design requirements and standardized deployment and operating models.