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> Ok, sure maybe it's smaller than a PWR behemoth. It's still solid fuel rod crap. Yes, "solid fuel rod crap" same as used in every other production nuclear po

> Ok, sure maybe it's smaller than a PWR behemoth. It's still solid fuel rod crap. Yes, "solid fuel rod crap" same as used in every other production nuclear power plant? This SMR sounds like it might actually get built. One of the biggest issue that SMRs try to solve is the inability of (western) nations to build nuclear plants - which itself has myriad causes, but a big one is the difficulty in building any massive facility without cost and schedule overruns

cma 4y ago
~~Few plants built after the non-proliferation treaty, because many plants were subsidized by proliferation needs.~~ (not true, see comments for correction) Nuclear plants don't even really pay insurance, they have $15 billion liability cap on the entire industry, when there are possible $1 trillion+ single incident disaster scenarios. Our first change should be that nuclear plants have to pay enough insurance to cover their full liability. Better to tax fossil than just hand out huge nuclear subsidies that risk safety. Let them both account for their risk and externalities individually. The Price Anderson Nuclear Indemnities Act was supposed to be temporary while the insurance industry for things stabilized: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%E2%80%93Anderson_Nuclear_Industries_Indemnity_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%E2%80%93Anderson_Nucle... > The act was intended to be temporary, and to expire in August 1967 as it was assumed that once the companies had demonstrated a record of safe operation they would be able to obtain insurance in the private market. There are some similar liability caps on oil spills and dam failures that should also be removed.
- SECProto 4y ago
  > Few plants built after the non-proliferation treaty, because many plants were subsidized by proliferation needs. This is incorrect. Looking at the list[1], only 2 remaining reactors in Canada were built before the NPT was complete, and they're both scheduled to shut down in 2024. So essentially the entire Canadian nuke fleet was built after. Same thing for France. And Germany. For the US, also same - only a few that started construction before the 1968 signing remain working. Most operational plants started construction in the 1969-1976 range. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...
- stjohnswarts 4y ago
  your plan gonna at least subsidize the poor people who barely make their bills at their current electricity rates?

cma 4y ago

~~Few plants built after the non-proliferation treaty, because many plants were subsidized by proliferation needs.~~ (not true, see comments for correction) Nuclear plants don't even really pay insurance, they have $15 billion liability cap on the entire industry, when there are possible $1 trillion+ single incident disaster scenarios. Our first change should be that nuclear plants have to pay enough insurance to cover their full liability. Better to tax fossil than just hand out huge nuclear subsidies that risk safety. Let them both account for their risk and externalities individually. The Price Anderson Nuclear Indemnities Act was supposed to be temporary while the insurance industry for things stabilized: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%E2%80%93Anderson_Nuclear_Industries_Indemnity_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%E2%80%93Anderson_Nucle... > The act was intended to be temporary, and to expire in August 1967 as it was assumed that once the companies had demonstrated a record of safe operation they would be able to obtain insurance in the private market. There are some similar liability caps on oil spills and dam failures that should also be removed.

SECProto 4y ago
> Few plants built after the non-proliferation treaty, because many plants were subsidized by proliferation needs. This is incorrect. Looking at the list[1], only 2 remaining reactors in Canada were built before the NPT was complete, and they're both scheduled to shut down in 2024. So essentially the entire Canadian nuke fleet was built after. Same thing for France. And Germany. For the US, also same - only a few that started construction before the 1968 signing remain working. Most operational plants started construction in the 1969-1976 range. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...
stjohnswarts 4y ago
your plan gonna at least subsidize the poor people who barely make their bills at their current electricity rates?