A Review: Activities in the Field of Small and Medium Sized Nuclear Power Plants

Due to increasing demand of energy worldwide there is extensive need of nuclear industry capable of operating under different conditions like sea water desalination processes, floating conditions, natural circulation phenomenon and space applications. A review about the salient features of small and medium sized nuclear reactors (SMR's) have been carried out with all operational and safety features depicting that how SMR's can play a significant role in energy crises under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criteria and is extremely reliable than large nuclear power plants. A brief introduction of some of SMR's have been included in this paper.