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A new nuclear reactor design that is faster to build, smaller, and much safer has just been approved in the US (after 500 million dollars spent just on the pape
by njarboe 6y ago
A new nuclear reactor design that is faster to build, smaller, and much safer has just been approved in the US (after 500 million dollars spent just on the paperwork for approval). Check out NuScale Power[1]. The reactors are small at 60MW electrical output so that many of the large capital cost and scaling issues of nuclear power are much less of an issue. The reactors are built at a factory and shipped to the power plant.
[1]https://www.nuscalepower.com/ https://www.nuscalepower.com/
- stjohnswarts 6y agoYep it just takes will and educated folks to realize that nuclear is a better contemporary solution right now. The NIMBYs have killed it though. I think California will have to become an ash pile first before people will consider it.
- Robotbeat 6y agoHas anyone built one of these advanced modular reactors?
- Robotbeat 6y agoI remember that news. Good news! But have they built one, yet? And how long did that take?