Silly question, but how does a SMR work ?
To operate does a SMR need an external source of cold (usually water) along with it's source of heat (fully contained nuclear fission of some type) and the temperature difference ultimately drives a supercritical steam/CO2 turbine which in turn spins a three phase electrical generator ? Or is it something else ?
I guess my real question is, does a SMR need to be located near a large body of water as a source of cold (like a conventional coal/oil/peat/gas/nuclear power plant). Or could a SMR be setup in say a desert and use geothermal cooling with a very large ground loop as the cold source. Or even use Air with a large enough surface area as the source of cold for the turbine.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
