<story><title>Nuclear Commission Approves a Safety Aspect of NuScale Power’s Advanced Reactor</title><url>http://www.powermag.com/press-releases/u-s-nuclear-regulatory-commission-approves-key-safety-aspect-to-nuscale-powers-advanced-reactor-design/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gene-h</author><text>The headline is misleading, they haven&amp;#x27;t approved the design yet. However, they&amp;#x27;ve been able to certify that the reactor does not need a certain standard of backup power supply and electrical circuitry due to the passive safety features of the design. This standard essentially requires that nuclear power plants have a connection to the grid and an on site backup generator to safety systems that are on completely separate circuits from the nuclear power plant electrical generation systems.&lt;p&gt;Not having to do this makes it cheaper for NuScale to deploy powerplants. And it also makes it easier for them to build powerplants in remote places where a connection to the electrical grid is not available[0].&lt;p&gt;[0]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nrc.gov&amp;#x2F;docs&amp;#x2F;ML1616&amp;#x2F;ML16169A148.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nrc.gov&amp;#x2F;docs&amp;#x2F;ML1616&amp;#x2F;ML16169A148.pdf&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Nuclear Commission Approves a Safety Aspect of NuScale Power’s Advanced Reactor</title><url>http://www.powermag.com/press-releases/u-s-nuclear-regulatory-commission-approves-key-safety-aspect-to-nuscale-powers-advanced-reactor-design/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>CryoLogic</author><text>50MW per reactor at 12 per plant is 600MW. Or 600k homes powered by a single power plant. Nuclear is now very safe, and cleaner than coal. I am glad this project is moving forwards.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Opportunities for more skilled jobs is always a plus too.</text></comment>