My name is Caleb Archie.
I’m a senior at the University of Central
Florida and an intern here, at the Department
of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy.
Currently, I’m working on a feasibility
study projecting small modular reactors and
micro reactors in small isolated communities
around the United States.
So, applying a small modular reactor or micro
reactor in this case, will have a significant
impact in that it provides a sustainable and
a localized amount of energy for a small community
around itself.
For instance, in north of Alaska, where there
are no oil pipelines or six months of darkness
around the year, a small modular reactor would
provide power to the local communities for
building schools, local industry and even
providing a secondary industry because of
the byproducts of a reactor.
I had little knowledge about nuclear energy,
but through learning more about it, attending
several meetings, meeting foreign dignitaries,
I learned that international relations plays
a key part in nuclear energy.
It’s a sustainable resource that should
be something that we should be taking advantage
of and that will only heighten our technological
benefits and technological advancements, here
in the United States.
