Course Description
Small modular reactors are reshaping the nuclear conversation — offering lower capital cost, factory fabrication, shorter schedules and siting flexibility that large plants cannot match. For countries and industries evaluating nuclear for the first time, or seeking power for remote operations and industrial heat, SMRs are the most actively assessed option in the sector.
This course provides a clear, technology-neutral understanding of SMRs. Participants learn the reactor technologies and designs on offer, how SMRs differ from large plants economically and operationally, deployment models and siting, the licensing challenges facing first movers, and realistic use cases including industrial and remote applications — enabling informed evaluation without advocacy.
What you will achieve
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain what SMRs are and how they differ from large reactors
- Describe the main SMR technologies and designs
- Understand SMR economics and the modular proposition
- Explain deployment models and siting considerations
- Understand licensing challenges for SMRs
- Identify realistic SMR use cases
- Assess SMR options objectively
- Understand the current state of SMR deployment
How the course is delivered
The course provides a technology-neutral overview of SMR designs, economics and deployment, using current international projects as examples. Participants explore use cases and evaluation criteria through realistic scenarios.
The programme is aimed at informed evaluation rather than advocacy, and does not address reactor operation, which requires operator licensing.
Designed for
This training course is ideal for:
- Energy planners and utility professionals
- Government and policy personnel
- Industrial energy users evaluating nuclear
- Project developers and investors
- Anyone assessing SMR options
Daily programme
- What SMRs are and why they emerged
- How SMRs differ from large reactors
- The modular proposition
- Overview of SMR technologies
- Light water SMRs
- Advanced and non-water-cooled designs
- SMR economics and cost drivers
- Factory fabrication and schedule
- Deployment models and siting
- Licensing challenges
- Use cases: grid, industrial heat, remote
- Current projects, evaluation workshop
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
