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Not sure if it's quite the same thing, but Argentina has been building a modular reactor for a while now. Doesn't look like it'll be ready anytime soon (probabl
by eternauta3k 4y ago
Not sure if it's quite the same thing, but Argentina has been building a modular reactor for a while now. Doesn't look like it'll be ready anytime soon (probably financing problems).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAREM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAREM
https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nucleoelectrica-contracted-to-complete-CAREM-25 https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nucleoelectrica-cont...
- ncmncm 4y ago"Financing problems" translates to "people finally recognized it could never earn back what they would need to put in to finish it".
- eternauta3k 4y agoNo, this is just Argentina being broke as usual. It's a prototype.
- ncmncm 4y agoEven moreso, then. If no rich country would prototype it, getting Argentina to sign on had to be corruption.