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Five Things the "Nuke Bros" Don't Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors
- SilverElfin 4mo agoLet’s also not forget that Trump stacked the nuclear regulatory commission with his appointees. Now he gets to decide winners and losers by choosing to approve designs from friends but not other competitors. Can any approved design, even if it is actually ordered and deployed, be trusted by the public?
- cratermoon 4mo agoI'm imagining the nuclear reactor version of the reflecting pool.
- giardini 4mo agoWho cares? They'll be cheaper and quicker to get online than the big reactors. Who wants to wait 11 years for electricity?
- wmf 4mo agoThe article says they are not cheaper.
- cratermoon 4mo agoNor quicker to bring online.
- giardini 4mo agoWhile they're not as economical long-term as a traditional reactor, they're cheaper and much faster to bring online. It takes decades to get a traditional reactor online.