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Small modular nuclear reactors get a reality check in new report (newatlas.com)
submitted 8 months ago by machinin@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[T]he report's executive summary certainly gets to the heart of their findings.

"The rhetoric from small modular reactor (SMR) advocates is loud and persistent: This time will be different because the cost overruns and schedule delays that have plagued large reactor construction projects will not be repeated with the new designs," says the report. "But the few SMRs that have been built (or have been started) paint a different picture – one that looks startlingly similar to the past. Significant construction delays are still the norm and costs have continued to climb."

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[–] machinin@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago (18 children)

Does anyone know about the technology that nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers use? Why are they able to operate but we can't use the same technology on land?

[–] notapantsday@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Because if the electricity produced on these vessels was ten times the normal price, it would still be peanuts in the grand scheme of things.

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