Special Issue on Small Modular Reactors, the May 2012 issue of the journal Nuclear Technology (vol. 178, no. 2), includes a foreword by guest editor Daniel Ingersoll and eight technical papers on topics such as advanced passive safety systems designed for the NuScale nuclear power plant and financial case studies on small- and medium-size modular reactors. The journal is a publication of the American Nuclear Society, which has provided a position statement on small modular reactors (ANS-25-2011, PDF). (posted 5/8/12)