European Commission - Directorate General for Energy

11/06/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/07/2025 02:29

Small modular reactors – future development and deployment in Europe

First, let's start by clarifying what is not a small modular reactor. To start with, it is not small. Not at all. Depending on their physical size, they are almost as large as a normal nuclear power plant. Although voices circulate on microreactor and prototype military reactor projects of some container size, you do not enjoy a long and happy life after spending more than one or two seconds nearby. See, you don't know how to compress the require…

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