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Have been seeing tech news articles about mini nuclear reactor coming really soon now for about 22 years, so far, none have actually happened.
by walrus01 4y ago
Have been seeing tech news articles about mini nuclear reactor coming really soon now for about 22 years, so far, none have actually happened.
- usrnm 4y ago> so far, none have actually happened https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akademik_Lomonosov https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akademik_Lomonosov Not without its fair share of criticism, budget overruns and all other problems associated with building new nuclear reactors these days, but it did happen
- p1mrx 4y agoChina connected an SMR to the grid several months ago: https://www.powermag.com/china-starts-up-first-fourth-generation-nuclear-reactor/ https://www.powermag.com/china-starts-up-first-fourth-genera...
- ncmncm 4y agoThere is less scope for corruption around SMR, so little demand when the main attraction of nukes is their prospect for a long-term corruption cash cow.