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Surely if given half a chance, the cost of building SMRs will also fall? Comparing wind and solar pricing to the pricing of SMRs when this is the first one to e
by ttul 4y ago
Surely if given half a chance, the cost of building SMRs will also fall? Comparing wind and solar pricing to the pricing of SMRs when this is the first one to ever have been approved, never mind built, is pretty unfair.
- coder543 4y agoSMRs are the original nuclear reactors, more or less: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/01/18/the-nuclear-fallacy-why-small-modular-reactors-cant-compete-with-renewable-energy/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/01/18/the-nuclear-fallacy-why... So, this is not really the first try at SMR. But, I can only speak to the numbers NuScale is providing. As I have said several times around this discussion, it would be awesome if SMRs were cost effective, and I hope NuScale can prove they’re up to the challenge, but the same people who are trying to sell the technology keep announcing that it’s going to cost more than expected, which does not make me confident. Hopefully things turn out better than expected. I agree that scaling up production would be helpful for cost, if they avoid getting tangled in a regulatory quagmire. But will it be enough to reduce the cost by more than half?