Posted on 11/09/2021 3:40:25 AM PST by Winniesboy
Rolls-Royce will move ahead with a multibillion pound plan to roll out a new breed of mini nuclear reactors after securing more than £450m from the government and investors...
The engineering firm will set up a venture focused on developing small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs, in partnership with investors BNF Resources and the US generator Exelon Generation with a joint investment of £195m to fund the plans over the next three years.... Ministers hope that the new generation of SMRs will be quicker and cheaper to roll out than traditional large-scale nuclear reactors – such as the 3,200 megawatt Hinkley Point C project – which face enormous construction risks, and are prone to spiralling costs and delays... Rolls-Royce has promised to “harness decades of British engineering, design and manufacturing knowhow” to roll out the first of its mini reactors which are based on a similar technology used to propel nuclear submarines....
Each of the initial run of reactors is expected to have a generation capacity of 470MW, or enough to power the equivalent of 1.3m UK homes, and cost about £2bn on average, well below the price per MW sought by developers of large-scale nuclear reactors...
About a fifth of UK electricity is generated by 13 nuclear reactors, but more than half of the country’s 7.8GW of nuclear capacity is due to retire by 2025, leaving a looming gap in the electricity supplies and the risk of a rising reliance on gas power stations.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
The biggest cost will be for the matching hides and mohair carpeting to line the reaction chamber. The bespoke seats in the control room will be nice,though.
Lawyers are licking their chops.
This is GREAT news.
Some small section of the UK govt apparently cares about efficient energy generation, rather than insanely expensive, undeployable windmill energy.
Sunken costs, irretrievable investments going forward against the BrLP Hydrino ‘reactor’ process ...
Heh, will the control console switches be made by Lucas?
“Lucas: The Father of Darkness”
Me “Well I do have a mini nuclear reactor in my pocket.....”
Prince of Darkness
They could make some powerful jet engines.
Holtek, located in Camden NJ, has been developing this for several years.
I believe several third world countries have committed to adopt this technology.
Now we’re talking
These small nuclear units are precisely what are needed and in time scaled up a little.
Of course, it may be necessary to exterminate ten thousand or so anti nuke women to make a go of it. That collateral damage is worth it for society however /s
Gas and coal are no good, nuclear is the answer. Put reactors everywhere. What could go wrong?
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