US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design

Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Saturday July 30, 2022 @10:19PM (#32292554)

Germany is today burning less coal than would have been necessary if they had refurbished their nukes instead of spending the money building out wind.

Operating the wind farms is much cheaper than operating the nukes and mining the extra coal would have been. That opex savings goes to more capex wind generation capacity, further reducing costs by each GW displaced.

So, yes, success. Not being off coal already is not failure. Replacing an entire country's energy infrastructure takes time, no matter what.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by thrown_22 on Saturday July 30, 2022 @11:31PM (#32292887)

> Germany is today burning less coal than would have been necessary if they had refurbished their nukes instead of spending the money building out wind.

Looks at France

Sure.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Sunday July 31, 2022 @02:53AM (#32293790)

France is, at the moment, importing power, because their nukes are largely turned off. So, sure, look at France.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by thrown_22 on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:03AM (#32294090)

And are a net exporter by around 10%. Meanwhile in Germany: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-turns-electrici...

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Sunday July 31, 2022 @10:21AM (#32295662)

You are comparing emergency war response to energy policy. Desperate much?

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by thrown_22 on Sunday July 31, 2022 @11:58AM (#32296426)

You're the one comparing the worst heat wave in recorded history to business as usual.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Sunday July 31, 2022 @03:02PM (#32297834)

You seem to imagine that heat waves are not now normal.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by thrown_22 on Sunday July 31, 2022 @06:05PM (#32299300)

Yes, imagine thinking that the hottest day in record across Europe is not something that will happen daily.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Sunday July 31, 2022 @10:33PM (#32301273)

Every couple of years we get a new "hottest on record". Maybe look up global climate disruption records?

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