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To: SeekAndFind

That would be good. Small Modular Reactors (SMR) can become the primary source of generation in a decade if we had a “man on the moon” type national priority program.


2 posted on 06/27/2024 9:19:18 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: bigbob

A general discussion on small reactors has been going on now for twenty years at least. Small thorium reactors was once the touchstone, now I’m not sure what invention leads the way.


14 posted on 06/28/2024 3:53:44 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: bigbob

“That would be good. Small Modular Reactors (SMR) can become the primary source of generation in a decade if we had a “man on the moon” type national priority program.”

It needs to be faster than that. It needs to be more like a Manhattan project combined with manufacturing on the scale of WWII for the military.


19 posted on 06/28/2024 5:39:30 AM PDT by Wuli
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“Small Modular Reactors (SMR) can become the primary source of generation ...”

What’s the big deal about small nuclear power plants? Over the years conventional power plants are built large because they are more efficient and cheaper per kilowatt hour to maintain. Same with nuclear.


21 posted on 06/28/2024 5:58:11 AM PDT by cymbeline (we saw men break out of a concentration camp.”)
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