from the linked article...
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DOE is supporting the siting of the nation’s first 12-module power plant at Idaho National Laboratory. Operation is expected to begin in 2029.
“This is what successful private-public partnerships looks like,” said Dr. Rita Baranwal, the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy. “DOE is proud to support the licensing and development of NuScale’s Power Module and other SMR technologies that have the potential to bring clean and reliable power to areas never thought possible by nuclear reactors in the U.S., and soon the world.”
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DOE’s support for the NuScale Power module can be traced back to the inception of its design at Oregon State University back in 2000.
Since then, DOE has provided more than $400 million to support the design, licensing and siting of the NuScale Power Module as well as initial design efforts for other domestic SMR designs.
Through the Carbon Free Power Project, DOE is working with Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and its members to showcase this first-of-a-kind technology.
What’s Next?
The NRC is preparing a rulemaking to certify the NuScale SMR design. Once certified, the SMR will join six other light water reactor designs cleared by the NRC. The regulator is also reviewing the nation’s first boiling water SMR design developed by GE-Hitachi.
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btw, the GE-Hitachi BWRX-300 design has already been approved by Canada for construction at an existing NP site (for their CANDU Reactor) in Ontario, so that design is likely to be licensed very quickly by our DOE...perhaps before 2030...
Link: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/nrc-approves-first-us-small-modular-reactor-design