The SMR Platform: Advances in Nuclear Technology Developments for Microreactors side event today explored recent advances in microreactor development as well as security aspects and ‘safeguards by design’ approaches. The newly redesigned Advanced Reactor Information System, the IAEA’s database of evolutionary and innovative reactor design descriptions, was also presented. Microreactors, which are generally designed to produce no more than 20 MW(e), could help meet the electricity needs of remote communities and power numerous non-electric applications including desalination and chemical production.
