Informed by over six decades of lessons learned from reactor operations, SMR-300 is designed to be an extremely safe power plant. Every conceivable catastrophic event, including severe cyclones (hurricanes or typhoons), tsunamis, flood, earthquakes, fire and crashing aircraft, has been considered in SMR-300’s design basis and appropriate features incorporated to ensure that it will withstand these events and prevent any risk to public health and safety.
Passive safety systems ensure the plant’s nuclear fuel is always cooled. Unlike large nuclear power plants, electrical power is not required to ensure that the plant remains safely cooled and contained. The SMR-300 is walk-away safe.