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Except that they're not small or modular enough. To get decent learning curve effects they need to be 10 kW to 100 kW each.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Except that they're not small or modular enough. To get decent learning curve effects they need to be 10 kW to 100 kW each.
- regularfry 3y agoIt's a fairly easy assumption to make that the current flock of SMR proposals are designed to build on naval reactor experience, given the size range.
- pfdietz 3y agoAt that size the diseconomies of scale would swamp any experience curve effects.
- ben_w 3y agoWhat's your reason for those numbers? The power output of a normal car engine seems a bit on the low side to me.
- hinkley 3y agoI just looked up a typical gas turbine plant. The US Energy Information Administration (what is that, PR for the DOE?) thinks that a 'typical' gas turbine plant is 600MW. The DOE says nuclear plants clock in around 1GW, but is that single reactor or a four reactor core system? I feel like most of this is barking up the wrong tree though. If you're trying to get people to use a new power plant type, you may be looking at small cities and large towns. At which point you might be comparing your situation to how much power you can get from the nearest metropolis via high tension power lines, and how much more secure your winter power supply would be if you didn't rely on those lines working. And a cursory search suggests those can vary from 40MW to just under 600. So can you sell Geneseo a 50 MW reactor/solar/wind farm?