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Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns and campuses – but community input will be key

  • Written by Aditi Verma, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns and campuses – but community input will be keyFactories could one day produce and ship small nuclear reactors across the country. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy

You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear microreactors, by contrast, could sit on land the size of a football field and power a whole town.

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