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Commercialization being the operative word. Nuclear research is nice, but doesn't help one bit compared to building reactors even with 50-year-old tech.
by MagnumOpus 5y ago
Commercialization 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...