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I don't understand why more effort isn't put in to micro nuclear reactors - if you can get nuclear to that scale it has potential to locate close to consumers a
by rubber_duck 7y ago
I don't understand why more effort isn't put in to micro nuclear reactors - if you can get nuclear to that scale it has potential to locate close to consumers and avoiding transmission losses and disaster scenarios are much more local
- koolba 7y ago> ... and disaster scenarios are much more local That would be considered a bug, not a feature. I can’t imagine a more NIMBY proposal than building a nuclear reactor.
- cgriswald 7y agoI think it’s a feature. It would mean those areas that want nuclear can have it without necessarily impacting their neighbors. They’re also more likely to make sure it is properly maintained.
- 7952 7y agoDistributed generation has its place, but generally capacity is more useful when it is fed into a HV national grid. Also, I think the benefit of small reactors is ease of manufacture. You could probably just put several on a single site next to a HV substation. You get economy of scale that way.
- icebraining 7y agoThere are fixed costs per plant, like the very qualified people to run them. Increasing the number of plants also increases the cost per kWh.