From a system wide perspective, smr’s would be the way to go. Decentralize the grid and reduce energy waste in transmission over long distances. We’ve been building smr’s for naval vessels for fifty years, we know how to do it if the obstructionists would just stand back. And unlike large reactors smr’s could be virtually mass produced on demand. The list of opponents really tells the tale— left wing radicals.
They oppose ANYTHING with the word ‘nuclear’ in the title................
They will crank up the protest machine and start spewing crap about a CHERNOBYL IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD!
WE MUST PROTECT THE CHILDREN!
THERE WILL BE CANCERS EVERYWHERE!......etc, etc, etc.................