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Small Modular Reactors: Still too expensive, too slow and too risky
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) ^
| May 29, 2024
| David Schlissel and Dennis Wamsted
Posted on 05/31/2024 1:01:34 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Billthedrill
Bingo. We need a space race national priority on SMR development.
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posted on
05/31/2024 2:11:06 PM PDT
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bigbob
To: rellic
“Karen” has destroyed America. Mission accomplished.
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posted on
05/31/2024 2:18:48 PM PDT
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shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: Red Badger
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05/31/2024 2:19:52 PM PDT
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sauropod
("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
To: Red Badger
Abundant cheap energy is the only way out of our economic mess.
But many do not want us to find a way out of our economic mess...
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posted on
05/31/2024 2:24:10 PM PDT
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Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: Red Badger
Power X
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posted on
05/31/2024 3:42:41 PM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: Red Badger
* Small modular reactors still look to be too expensive, too slow to build, and too risky to play a significant role in transitioning from fossil fuels in the coming 10-15 years.
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What is the damn rush? I feel like we are being railroaded.
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05/31/2024 5:25:07 PM PDT
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The_Media_never_lie
( It is time to prosecute the "10% for the Big Guy" guy.)
To: maro
The cost of the SMR will drop once in production. Yes, but not enough, because fundamentally, small is nowhere near the optimum point on the current economies of scale curve. The idea behind small and modular is that the reactors can be built in one neighbor's backyard, then shipped far away overnight into another's backyard. That way, the neighbor doesn't have enough time to use the court system to bankrupt the investors. That's clever, but not terribly economic.
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05/31/2024 5:53:15 PM PDT
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Reeses
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