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Re:The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved... by stjohnswarts on Saturday August 06, 2022 @10:05PM (#32373245)
The world is warming rapidly, we don't have time to piddle around waiting on a 100x improvement in storage tech to make grid scale 100% reliable solar/wind/tidal. There is with nuclear, and we know we can do it. I know to which basket my eggs are going.
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Re:The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved... by bryanlarsen on Sunday August 07, 2022 @08:51AM (#32376092)
Making the grid reliable world-wide requires approximately 50 TWh in batteries, approximately the same amount as to electrify every car.

If it takes 20 years to build a nuclear plant, then we'll have the batteries before that nuclear plant is finished.

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