Desalination and alternative markets to get SMRs off starting block

Desalination and alternative markets to get SMRs off starting block http://analysis.nuclearenergyinsider.com/small-modular-reactors/desalination-and-alternative-markets-get-smrs-starting-block?utm_source=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.nuclearenergyinsider.com%2Ffc_nei_decomlz%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NEI+e-brief+1704&utm_term=Brazil%3A+upgrades+and+new-build+required+as+hydrologic+risks+mount&utm_content=151899 "The case for SMRs may have taken a step forward following the USA’s recent major drought, which lasted the whole of 2012. Other smaller scale non-traditional markets could also spur SMR commercialisation. We look at the possibilities.
In the USA, desalination has been considered as an option to help avoid this kind of crisis in the future. SMRs, which are smaller and easier to establish than conventional nuclear reactors, could become the most suitable type of facility for these types of alternative industrial or civil projects in a number of countries."