It means that companies seeking to build and operate a nuclear power plant can pick the design for a 50-megawatt, advanced light-water small modular nuclear reactor by Oregon-based NuScale Power and apply to the NRC for a license.Diane Hughes, NuScale’s vice president of marketing and communications, said the design certification is a historic step forward toward a clean energy future and makes the company’s VOYGR power plant a near-term deployable solution for customers.Gyms that survived pandemic steadily get back in shapeThe AP Interview: Yellen says debt standoff risks ‘calamity’Big waves to deliver storied Hawaii surf contest The EddieJustice Department investigating Abbott baby formula plantHowever, David Schlissel at the Ohio-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis expressed concerns about the costs.Hughes said from wind and solar to hydrogen and nuclear, energy projects have seen cost increases due to changing financial market dynamics, interest rate hikes and inflationary pressures on the sector’s supply chain that have not been seen in decades.“This is innovation at its finest and we are just getting started here in the U.S.”NuScale has also applied to the NRC for approval of a larger design, at 77 megawatts per module, and the agency is checking the application for completeness before starting a full review, Burnell said."