Toshiba Corp. is developing an ultra-compact reactor with an output of about 10,000 kilowatts and has started procedures for approval in the United States, the Nikkei business daily said.Mitsubishi and Hitachi are also planning to market new designs for smaller than standard sized reactors.
The new reactor, the Toshiba 4S, is designed to minimise the need for monitoring and maintenance, with an automatic shutdown function to ensure safety in case of problems, the newspaper said.
Toshiba plans to market the reactor first in the United States, while foreseeing demand from emerging countries in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe as well as in Africa, it said. _AFP
If the US NRC ever gets its act together, nuclear expansion in the US market may anchor a larger worldwide growth of newer, safer generations of reliable baseload nuclear power.
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