Scaling siting criteria and identifying alternative licensing pathways for micro-reactors within the existing regulatory framework

Micro-reactors are a relatively recent subset of Gen IV reactors currently being developed, and due to their design features (i.e., no refueling onsite, easily transported, and mass produced), micro-reactors have the potential to tap into broader markets never accessed before by the nuclear sector s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garcia, Edward J.
Other Authors: Buongiorno, Jacopo
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/150236
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0088-4945