| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 310, 2024
Lecture Notes – Joint EPS-SIF International School on Energy 2023 – Course 7: Global Challenges for Energy Sustainability
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| Article Number | 00011 | |
| Number of page(s) | 20 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202431000011 | |
| Published online | 06 November 2024 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202431000011
The Micro Modular Reactors MMR®
Ultra Safe Nuclear-Italia, Via Locatelli 2, 20124 Milano, Italy
* E-mail: riccardo.desalvo@ultrasafe-nuclear.com
Published online: 6 November 2024
The Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) represents a new paradigm of Ultra Safe Nuclear power with intrinsic safety. The safety starts from its revolutionary ceramic fuel, that cannot melt and makes it impossible to release radioactive elements in the environment. The elimination of water as a heat transport fluid eliminates the possibility of chemical explosions. Uranium 238, that absorbs more neutrons at higher temperatures shuts down the chain reaction without damage even in case of coolant loss at full power. These characteristics make MMR ideal to provide heat process directly inside factories, to replace natural gas, and to provide power to small communities.
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