A prototype control room for Babcock & Wilcox's (B&W) mPower small modular reactor (SMR) will enable testing the man-machine interface and allow operators to be trained in advance of the reactor's deployment.
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After much speculation, MIT's Ernest Moniz has been announced as President Barack Obama's choice for energy secretary. He awaits confirmation by the US Senate.
Russian leaders have affirmed the strategic and economic importance of nuclear technology to the country, announcing that spending will rise and a major development program will be accelerated.
NuScale Power has enlisted engineering company Curtiss-Wright to design the control rod drive mechanisms for its proposed small modular reactor (SMR)._72x48.jpg "Kiriyenko and Zhvachkin, September 2012 (Rosatom) 72x48")
An experimental lead-cooled nuclear reactor will be built at the Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC). If successful, the small BREST-300 unit could be the first of a new wave of Russian fast reactors.