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The Whiteboard Idea Rewriting the Future of Nuclear Power
Nuclear energy offers reliable, lower-carbon power, but building a traditional large reactor can mean massive capital costs and construction schedules that are too slow for meeting the growing demand for reliable, low-carbon power. How to overcome these obstacles was a problem that a team of engineers, led by Christer Dahlgren and Brian Hunt, were ruminating on 10 years ago at the company that is today known as GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy. As the team explored designs, Dahlgren pitched an idea that could dramatically simplify the overall design for a small modular reactor (SMR).