{"id":8667,"date":"2020-09-09T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/"},"modified":"2020-09-09T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T10:45:00","slug":"first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>[responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.scientificamerican.com\/sciam\/cache\/file\/547F2074-2C48-434B-962C2226D1D9EB07_source.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the design of a new kind of reactor, known as a small modular reactor (SMR). The design, from the Portland, Ore.\u2013based company NuScale Power, is intended to speed construction, lower cost and improve safety over traditional nuclear reactors, which are typically many times larger. Supporters of SMRs have long touted them as a way to help revive the country\u2019s nuclear industry and widen the spread of low-carbon electricity. But some experts have expressed concerns over the potential expense and remaining safety issues that the industry would have to address before any such reactors are actually built.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a significant milestone not only for NuScale, but also for the entire U.S. nuclear sector,\u201d said NuScale chairman and CEO John Hopkins in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>The NRC\u2019s design approval and related final safety evaluation report (FSER) do not mean that the<strong> <\/strong>firm can begin constructing reactors. But utility companies can now apply to the NRC to build and operate NuScale\u2019s design. With almost no new nuclear construction completed in the U.S. over the past three decades, SMRs could help reinvigorate a flagging industry.<\/p>\n<p>NuScale\u2019s SMR, developed with the help of almost $300 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, has a generating capacity of 50 megawatts\u2014substantially smaller than standard nuclear reactors, which can range to well more than 1,000 megawatts (MW). A utility could combine up to 12 SMRs at a single site, producing 600 MW of electricity\u2014enough to power a midsize city. The NRC says it expects an application for a 60-MW version of NuScale\u2019s SMR in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The nuclear industry says SMRs could be built much faster and cheaper than conventional reactors\u2014like products that are rolled off a production line and shipped to various locations rather than custom-built at each site. A customer could also order and combine various numbers of units, making a wide range of capacity possible. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, dozens of SMR designs are under consideration around the world, and several are in \u201cadvanced stages of construction\u201d in Argentina, China and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Some industry proponents argue that SMRs are the best option for bringing large amounts of emissions-free technology online in the short term to help battle climate change. Opponents have cited the unresolved issue of disposing nuclear waste, as well as the significant price tag and time involved in building any nuclear plant, compared with renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>NuScale believes it can avoid the dramatic cost overruns and years-long delays that have plagued construction of traditional nuclear power plants in recent decades. Diane Hughes, the company\u2019s vice president of marketing and communications, says that the company expects to sell anywhere from 674 to 1,682 reactors between 2023 and 2042. The high end of that range would represent more than 80 gigawatts of capacity, which approaches the 98 gigawatts of existing nuclear capacity in the U.S. That power is supplied by just under 100 large reactors; the existing plants provide approximately 20 percent of the country\u2019s electricity. NuScale has signed memorandums of understanding with companies and utilities in the U.S., Canada, Jordan, Romania, Ukraine and other countries. The agreements simply mean the parties will jointly explore potential deals.<\/p>\n<p>NuScale\u2019s first scheduled project is with Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), a state-based organization that supplies wholesale electricity to small, community-owned utilities in surrounding states. NuScale plans to deliver its first reactor to the UAMPS project at the Idaho National Laboratory by 2027; it is scheduled to be operational by 2029. Another 11 reactors will round out the 720-MW project by 2030. A portion of the generated power will be sold to the U.S. Department of Energy, with the rest purchased by UAMPS member utilities. Agreements for some of the power are in place, although a few municipalities have already walked away because of price concerns. Others have until September 30 to exit the project.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have expressed skepticism about both the safety of the NuScale SMR and its potential costs. In an online press event on September 2, M. V. Ramana, a professor and nuclear expert at the University of British Columbia, discussed a report he prepared at the request of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility that highlighted significant issues associated with the UAMPS project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sorry to say that what lies ahead is risky and expensive,\u201d Ramana said. Just in the past five years, he noted, cost estimates from various sources for the UAMPS project have risen from approximately $3 billion to more than $6 billion. NuScale\u2019s<strong> <\/strong>initial goal of having operational reactors by 2016 has been extended by more than a decade, reflecting the sluggish U.S. nuclear industry in general. Costs to consumers could far exceed those associated with other emissions-free power sources such as solar and wind, Ramana added.<\/p>\n<p>And despite the NRC\u2019s design approval of the new SMR, some safety features still require adjustment. \u201cI don\u2019t think future NuScale applicants will benefit from a design certification that has safety gaps in it,\u201d says Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists. He points out that the NRC has issued its final safety report in spite of questions raised both by an expert at the agency and an external advisory board.<\/p>\n<p>In a July 2020 report, NRC nuclear engineer Shanlai Lu discussed a complicated issue known as boron dilution, which could possibly cause \u201cfuel failure and prompt criticality condition\u201d\u2014meaning that even if a reactor is shut down, fission reactions could restart and begin a dangerous power increase. And in another report, the NRC\u2019s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards also noted that \u201cseveral potentially risk-significant items\u201d are not yet completed, though it did still recommend that the NRC issue the FSER. The agency\u2019s response to the latter report stated that those items will be further assessed when site-specific licensing applications\u2014the step needed to actually begin building and operating a reactor\u2014are submitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNuScale and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff examined boron dilution in great detail and reached similar conclusions that the NuScale small modular reactor design is safe and meets all requirements, as is affirmed by the NRC\u2019s recent issuance of the FSER,\u201d NuScale\u2019s Hughes says.<\/p>\n<p>Lyman says that in general, the NRC\u2019s design certification process should reduce uncertainty for utilities aiming to build nuclear plants because they can reference a completed safety review. But he thinks the NuScale approval undermines that advantage. Whether the gaps in safety will result in further delays to NuScale\u2019s time line remains to be seen. The NRC will undertake another review when the company\u2019s 60-MW design is submitted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-item-metadata entry-meta\">\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Disclaimer: Content may be edited for style and length.\u00a0<a class=\"newsium-categories category-color-1\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.sciam.com\/~r\/ScientificAmerican-News\/~3\/vIr1T2A8BUY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Story Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 [responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;] First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the design of a new kind of reactor, known as a small modular reactor (SMR). The design, from the Portland, Ore.\u2013based company NuScale Power, is intended to speed &#8230; <a title=\"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved - Aviance Technologies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved - Aviance Technologies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0\u00a0 [responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;] First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the design of a new kind of reactor, known as a small modular reactor (SMR). The design, from the Portland, Ore.\u2013based company NuScale Power, is intended to speed ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aviance Technologies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-09T10:45:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/First-U.S.-Small-Nuclear-Reactor-Design-Is-Approved.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"790\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"496\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ATN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ATN\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ATN\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/687e1451a2e1ef0b60e1759f4aeb84bc\"},\"headline\":\"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-09T10:45:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1150,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/First-U.S.-Small-Nuclear-Reactor-Design-Is-Approved.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"SCIENCE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/\",\"name\":\"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved - Aviance Technologies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/First-U.S.-Small-Nuclear-Reactor-Design-Is-Approved.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-09T10:45:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/First-U.S.-Small-Nuclear-Reactor-Design-Is-Approved.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/First-U.S.-Small-Nuclear-Reactor-Design-Is-Approved.jpg\",\"width\":790,\"height\":496},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Aviance Technologies\",\"description\":\"Latest Technology Trends\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Aviance Technologies\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/logo-aviance-tech-news.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/logo-aviance-tech-news.png\",\"width\":217,\"height\":77,\"caption\":\"Aviance Technologies\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/687e1451a2e1ef0b60e1759f4aeb84bc\",\"name\":\"ATN\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f4c1ca1258ac9b116cff31ef81481958b0b795f6f4698e454fe2c71577aacc62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f4c1ca1258ac9b116cff31ef81481958b0b795f6f4698e454fe2c71577aacc62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f4c1ca1258ac9b116cff31ef81481958b0b795f6f4698e454fe2c71577aacc62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ATN\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aviancetechnologies.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/webmaster\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved - Aviance Technologies","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved - Aviance Technologies","og_description":"\u00a0\u00a0 [responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;] First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the design of a new kind of reactor, known as a small modular reactor (SMR). The design, from the Portland, Ore.\u2013based company NuScale Power, is intended to speed ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/","og_site_name":"Aviance Technologies","article_published_time":"2020-09-09T10:45:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":790,"height":496,"url":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/First-U.S.-Small-Nuclear-Reactor-Design-Is-Approved.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ATN","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ATN","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/"},"author":{"name":"ATN","@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/687e1451a2e1ef0b60e1759f4aeb84bc"},"headline":"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved","datePublished":"2020-09-09T10:45:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/"},"wordCount":1150,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/First-U.S.-Small-Nuclear-Reactor-Design-Is-Approved.jpg","articleSection":["SCIENCE"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/","url":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/","name":"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved - Aviance Technologies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/First-U.S.-Small-Nuclear-Reactor-Design-Is-Approved.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-09T10:45:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/First-U.S.-Small-Nuclear-Reactor-Design-Is-Approved.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/First-U.S.-Small-Nuclear-Reactor-Design-Is-Approved.jpg","width":790,"height":496},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/first-u-s-small-nuclear-reactor-design-is-approved\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"First U.S. Small Nuclear Reactor Design Is Approved"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/","name":"Aviance Technologies","description":"Latest Technology Trends","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Aviance Technologies","url":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo-aviance-tech-news.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo-aviance-tech-news.png","width":217,"height":77,"caption":"Aviance Technologies"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/687e1451a2e1ef0b60e1759f4aeb84bc","name":"ATN","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4c1ca1258ac9b116cff31ef81481958b0b795f6f4698e454fe2c71577aacc62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4c1ca1258ac9b116cff31ef81481958b0b795f6f4698e454fe2c71577aacc62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4c1ca1258ac9b116cff31ef81481958b0b795f6f4698e454fe2c71577aacc62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ATN"},"url":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/author\/webmaster\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}