Small modular reactors sound great and many of us really want them to be part of the energy solution. But if wishes were horses … (HT to good old Slashdot)
[https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/engineering/small-reactors-dont-add-up/](https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/engineering/small-reactors-dont-add-up/)
Source: GraniteGeekNH
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R/noshitsherlock
Wow that’s crazy should be just use the falling off a fucking cliff so cheap it’s causing geopolitical tensions solar panels and batteries? Cuz that’s the screamingly obvious way forward.
Small modular reactors never sounded great tbh.
SMR development always was con artistry, funded by money from big oil and big coal to distract us from taking effective climate action.