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Figure 4 . NuScale Power ModuleTM Vessel and Internals ( Source NuScale )
requires no alternating current ( AC ) or direct current ( DC ) power for safety shutdown or cooling of its reactors ( rNPP FR 5 ). Due primarily to its small reactor size and its RAIR configuration , the NuScale NPP is capable of black starting with no off-site power from the Grid ( rNPP FR 6 ). NuScale ’ s studies ( Ingersoll 2014 ) suggest that their design could fit with a rCII concept in which electricity and low-temperature process heat enable other CI and SASCs .
The NRC announced in August 2020 that the final safety review of NuScale ’ s reactor and NPP was completed and their intent to confer design approval ( NRC 2020c , McFarland 2020 ). NuScale ’ s design is the first commercial NPP design to
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