As alight water nuclearreactorfuelcladdingmaterial, Zralloyhasbeenwide used and its applicationexperienceaccumulated, hence it is thepotentialmaterials for SCWR.
Each of the reactors will be a small, modular, 125MW advanced lightwaterreactor, which at the present time includes a design for the nuclear core and steam generator to be located at the same site, with passive safety designs.
This outfit is part of the scheme hatched by America, South Korea and Japan five years ago to wean North Korea off producing plutonium, with which nuclear weapons can be made, by offering to replace its plutonium-rich nuclearreactor with a pair of less proliferation-prone western-designed light-water reactors.