Small modular reactors in the US are already in the licensing/regulatory phase.[0] They are portable and have reasonable prospects of providing baseload where r

Small modular reactors in the US are already in the licensing/regulatory phase.[0] They are portable and have reasonable prospects of providing baseload where renewables/batteries can't. Many have very safe failure modes also, not requiring power/pumping. It's going to a niche future for nuclear though. Cost-wise renewables are already winning in many parts of Earth and viable efficient storage has become the main problem. Batteries are great for quick on-demand grid balancing, but are environmentally damaging and lose large amounts of capacity within half a decade. Supercapacitors hold great promise, but like fusion always seem 20 years away. On a $/Ah scale they are useless today, but don't suffer from any of the flaws of batteries apart from weight/volume issues. Gravity storage [1] seems the most promising, pumped hydro isn't that efficient and very site-dependant, rail or crane weight systems seem to outperform and hopefully they gain some traction [0] https://www.nuscalepower.com/technology/technology-overview https://www.nuscalepower.com/technology/technology-overview [1] https://www.aresnorthamerica.com/grid-scale-energy-storage https://www.aresnorthamerica.com/grid-scale-energy-storage [1] https://energyvault.ch/ https://energyvault.ch/