{"id":29840,"date":"2025-02-03T07:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T02:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29840"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:47:34","slug":"small-modular-reactors-smrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/small-modular-reactors-smrs\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Small Modular Reactors Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Finance Minister recently announced a \u20b920,000 crore \u2018Nuclear Energy Mission\u2019 to develop indigenous Small Modular Reactors (SMR).<\/p>\n<h2>About Small Modular Reactors\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>SMRs are defined as\u00a0<strong>small nuclear reactors<\/strong>\u00a0with a\u00a0<strong>maximum output of 300 Megawatt<\/strong>\u00a0electric (MWe) and can produce 7.2 million kWh per day.<\/li>\n<li>By comparison,\u00a0<strong>large-size nuclear power plants\u00a0<\/strong>have an\u00a0<strong>output of over 1,000 MWe<\/strong>\u00a0and can produce 24 million kWh per day.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>SMRs, which can produce a large amount of low-carbon electricity, are:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Small<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 physically a fraction of the size of a conventional nuclear power reactor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Modular<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 making it possible for systems and\u00a0<strong>components to be factory-assembled and transported<\/strong>\u00a0as a unit to a location for installation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reactors<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 harnessing\u00a0<strong>nuclear fission\u00a0<\/strong>to generate heat to produce energy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Small Modular Reactors Advantages<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Relatively\u00a0<strong>small physical footprints<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduced capital investment;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Can be\u00a0<strong>factory-built,<\/strong>\u00a0unlike the conventional nuclear reactors that are built on-site;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to be sited in locations not possible for larger nuclear plants;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Provisions for incremental power additions<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>It also offers distinct safeguards,\u00a0<strong>security, and non-proliferation advantages<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They are well\u00a0<strong>suited to be integrated into energy hubs<\/strong>\u00a0in combination<strong>\u00a0with other sources of energy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are adapted to\u00a0<strong>supply electricity<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>additionally capable of supplying heat<\/strong>\u00a0for industrial applications, district heating, as well as for the production of hydrogen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Small Modular Reactors FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Where are small modular reactors used?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. SMRs can be used for power generation, process heat, desalination, or other industrial uses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What are the benefits of small modular reactors?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. SMRs offer enhanced safety, lower costs, faster deployment, scalability, reduced environmental impact, and flexibility for diverse applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the working principle of SMR?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. SMRs nuclear fission reactions to generate heat that can be used directly or for generating electricity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/budget\/union-budget-2025-finance-minister-announces-20000-crore-nuclear-energy-mission-for-small-modular-reactors\/article69168594.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small Modular Reactors are defined as small nuclear reactors with a maximum output of 300 Megawatt electric (MWe)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}