Forbes: SMR Smart: Small Modular Reactors Are Nuclear’s Future

Terrestrial Energy, another innovative small modular reactor company, has notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its intentions to license their Integral Molten Salt Reactor, or IMSR®. They have plans to submit its licensing application in 2019.

But what really matters to the public is safety. The small size and large surface area-to-volume ratio of SMRs, like NuScale Power, that sits below ground in a super seismic-resistant heat sink, allows natural processes to cool it indefinitely in the case of a complete power blackout, with no humans needed to intervene, no AC or DC power, no pumps, and no additional water for cooling.

Translation – no meltdowns!