US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design

Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by Manuel_D on Sunday July 31, 2022 @02:43PM (#32297671)

And yet for all the complaints about nuclear, France powers over 75% of it's grid with nuclear. Several other countries have it at around 40-50%. Nuclear continues to produce more electricity than wind and solar combined.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by 7952 on Monday August 01, 2022 @12:53PM (#32308861)

And yet for all the scepticism about renewables it has almost caught up with nuclear in a much shorter time.

But my wider point is that we need to be more consistent in how we apply scepticism and optimism to different technologies. In some dimensions that gives a benefit to nuclear and in others the benefit is with renewables or storage.

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