The Barometer Online

The intrinsic commercial angles in this article should be apparent to all but the most least intellectual among us.

I see the term 'water modular reactor' is used. Could this author be referring to the use of heavy water or D2O in a nuclear reactor?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water#Neutron_moderator

The era of large, central sources of energy are coming to a close. Only the largest of businesses which, in all likelihood, are the farthest removed in terms of capital gains from America's communities and their regional sustainability efforts can or will take stock in these types of heavily compartmentalized yet dangerous energy ventures.

Here are their facts:
"..45 megawatts of power - enough energy to sustain 45,000 homes in a safe and environmentally friendly method - could be seen in the near future because of developments in nuclear energy by an Oregon State spinout company.

NuScale Power Inc., the company developing the nuclear reactor technology, was created from research that began in 2000 by Oregon State University, the Idaho National Laboratory and Nexant Inc., an energy firm and subsidiary of Bechtel Corporation.

The goal of the startup is to commercialize a small, light, water modular reactor that is easily manufactured [..snip..]

These [reactors] work through the natural methods of condensation and convection, and take out the need for pumps and external power to cool the reactor.."

..And right here NuScale, et al. actually concede what the author tried to refute in the guise of delivering the message of nuclear energy as both scalable and sustainable:

"..Of the environmentally friendly, large-capacity sources of electricity, hydro-electric and nuclear are it."