BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear energy more safely

Re:BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear e... by arcticbull on Saturday October 08, 2022 @04:17AM (#33130683)

China has tripled their nuclear power generation capacity from 2014 to 2019 and doubled its share of the generation mix. I can't think of any reason they'd stop.

They're planning on building 30 reactors in OBOR countries by 2030 [2] and 150 domestic ones by 2035.

> China is one of the world's largest producers of nuclear power. The country ranks third in the world both in total nuclear power capacity installed and electricity generated, accounting for around one tenth of global nuclear power generated.

They're going to be a global nuclear powerhouse.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China

[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-nuclearpower/china-...

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Re:BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear e... by ncmncm on Sunday October 09, 2022 @11:32AM (#33142177)

And then will mothball them all in a few years when they become unable to produce at a competitive cost.

They will produce a lot of kWh and displace a lot of CO2 in the meantime. But nowhere near what the same money spent on solar and wind would have.

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