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> China seems to be the only country still exploring new nuclear fission technologies commercialization at government level Maybe you should head over to the U
by credit_guy 5y ago
> China seems to be the only country still exploring new nuclear fission technologies commercialization at government level
Maybe you should head over to the US Department of Energy website and take a look [1], [2].
[1] https://www.energy.gov/ne/advanced-reactor-technologies https://www.energy.gov/ne/advanced-reactor-technologies
[2] https://www.energy.gov/ne/our-budget https://www.energy.gov/ne/our-budget
- MagnumOpus 5y agoCommercialization being the operative word. Nuclear research is nice, but doesn't help one bit compared to building reactors even with 50-year-old tech.
- credit_guy 5y agoIf we are talking commercialization, then DoE awarded more than $1 BN to NuScale to develop small modular nuclear reactors [1] . They could go live sometime this decade. This thorium experimental reactor in China, is just that, an experimental one. If everything goes well, they'll have a commercial version in 2030, but it's way to early to estimate how likely this is. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2020/10/29/the-future-of-small-modular-reactors-department-of-energy-awards-135-billion-to-nuscale-power-for-smr-development/?sh=55a781214dab https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2020/10/29/the-futur...