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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by caoilte on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:39AM (#30162991)
in theory SMRs don't need much maintenance so could work in these situations. And on the plus side, when they do melt down - not many casualties.
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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by pfdietz on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:45AM (#30163087)
When the entire Railbelt grid in Alaska (the largest grid there) has an average load of 600 MW, there simply isn't much market for SMRs at high latitudes.
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