> I get that this type of reactor is interesting as a research project. But given the build times, the bureaucratic hurdles and the quality, cost effectiveness

> I get that this type of reactor is interesting as a research project. But given the build times, the bureaucratic hurdles and the quality, cost effectiveness and diversity of renewable alternatives, why bother? Solar/wind is generally not suitable to provide of base loads at this time. Nuclear power has provided base loads for decades. Power companies charge each other a lot more for base load than variable loads. With that in mind, renewables can't generally be compared to nuclear - they're in a different class from one another.