As always, the devil is in the details.
In the US, nuclear power was pretty much only giant commercial generating stations connected to the power grid.
However the technology today *can be* different. There are “pebble bed” reactors that are much smaller, but generate less power. There are also small reactors that can only power say, an industrial district. A dozen companies are working to create a marketable one.
A fave of mine is a self contained, factory sealed reactor about the size of a shipping container. Placed in a concrete pit with a lid, it provides power for high consumption mostly residential use, for a limited period of time. When it is used up, the lid is opened, and the reactor is lifted to a flatbed truck to be returned to the manufacturer for repair and refueling, and a replacement reactor is left in its place.
agree. those are pretty good. I’ve also seen scenarios where they put them on barges and float them to their destination beside large cities. Indonesia or malasia has a lftr plant that does that. Its currently working its way through the federal labs systems for approvals. I don’t know when that’s due. But the host country is already working on the factory to build the small nuclear reactors.
do you buy the stories about nuclear fusion being available
before the end of the decade?