Why Water-Cooled SMRs Will Win The New Nuclear Competition

If nuclear power has a future, it will likely be small, modular and water cooled, according to an expert with global credentials in nuclear research.

“There are plenty of technologies now—50 different models around the world. Once one of them gets into a financially viable equation, that will capture the entire market,” said Alfredo Caro, a research professor at The George Washington University, “and I think that this will happen with water-cooled small reactors.”