According to the British newspaper "Independent" website recently reported that the British government will in the next three years, invested 56 million pounds to fund research and development 'mini' nuclear power plants. Government said in a statement that the money will be used to assess advanced the performance of small reactor modules (SMRs) and accelerate their development progress. SMRs use of existing or new nuclear power technology, is more miniature version, for large-scale nuclear power plant generating capacity of large-scale nuclear power plant generating capacity 1/10.
The company that developed the technology said that the 'mini' nuclear power plant will help solve the energy shortage that Britain may see in the near future, at a much lower cost than large nuclear power plants. Many older, large nuclear plants in Britain are about to come to an end In order to implement the emission reduction agreement, many coal plants in the United Kingdom will also be closed, so that by 2030, the UK's power generation will be reduced to half the current.
Although such plants are still under construction, developers said they may be able to deploy power generation around 2025. However, critics say developers may not be able to promise to cut the cost of such a plant to the level of financial viability.
Richard Harrington, the UK's energy secretary, said: 'Nuclear power plants are an important energy component that can provide us with low-carbon electricity and new ways of contributing to UK innovation.'
The British government also plans to provide £ 86 million to the Callum Institute of Fusion Research to fund nuclear fusion research, and they are currently evaluating potential locations in hopes of finding a suitable site for a 1-gigawatt nuclear power plant.
