The Rise of SMRs in the Era of Industrial AI and Policy Implications for Korea

Minju Lee and Sang Hyun Lee
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Minju Lee: Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade
Sang Hyun Lee: Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade

No 26, Industrial Economic Review from Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade

Abstract: Recently, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) have been attracting attention as a promising way to power the rapidly proliferating number of artificial intelligence (AI) server farms and other data centers.

This paper examines the current state of the global SMR industry and identifies the implications for Korean policy carried by the analysis.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI; large language models; LLMs; generative AI; small modular reactors; SMRs; SMR; electricity generation; electricity consumption; power generation; power consumption; data c (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L86 L94 Q41 Q43 Q48 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10
Date: 2025-08-31
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Published in KIET Industrial Economic Review Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 48-58

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