LINCOLN- Nebraska is moving forward in the nuclear power world as Nebraska Public Power District announced they are beginning a study into possible locations for a small modular reactor. The study and project are thanks to new funding from the legislature. The study will be working with a $1 million budget.

Small modular reactors are the new type of nuclear reactor under consideration around the world. Utilities say these smaller reactors offer several advantages over the much larger traditional reactors by requiring less space, costing less to build and providing greater flexibility in where they can be built and how much electricity they generate.

Grant Otten, spokesman for NPPD, said the study will put NPPD in a better position should small modular reactors prove themselves and the district decide that nuclear power is something it wants to pursue. Factors used in evaluating sites include access to water and transmission lines and criteria set by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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