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SMR control room simulator

A small modular reactor’s demise calls for big change in Energy Department policy

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy

Canadian reactors that “recycle” plutonium would create more problems than they solve

By Jungmin Kang, M.V. Ramana | Nuclear Energy

SMR research in lab

Building promises of small modular reactors—one conference at a time

By Markku Lehtonen | Nuclear Energy

SMR research in lab

Interview: Small modular reactors get a reality check about their waste

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

nuclear plants lit up at night

Nuclear energy: a distraction on the road to climate solutions

By Sharon Squassoni | Climate Change

The checkered operational history of high-temperature gas-cooled reactors

By M.V. Ramana | Uncategorized