Could micro nuclear reactors revive the UK’s nuclear industry?

Posted on 27 Mar 2019 by Maddy White

Micro nuclear reactors can produce around 30 megawatts of energy, and they could now form part of the UK’s energy strategy in the future, according to the government. But what are the benefits of them, and how could they boost an arguably trailing nuclear industry?

A report from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) found that micro nuclear reactors (MNRs) could have the potential to provide significant benefits to the UK, in energy supply and cost, speed of deployment as well as potential economic and commercial opportunity. Nuclear does provide a steady and reliable…

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