Small Modular Nuclear Reactors are yet another apparently promising 'silver bullet' style solution to the Net Zero challenge. All the reliable, safe, baseload power of large centralised nuclear power stations but without the huge cost overspends and crippling project delays. What's not to like, eh? Great on paper...but do Small Modular Nuclear Reactors pass the 'sniff test' in the real world?
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Research Links
Visual Capitalist - GREAT infographics
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Michael Barnard articles about SMR technology
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/28/shoveling-money-into-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-wont-make-their-electricity-cheap/
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/30/what-drives-this-madness-on-small-modular-nuclear-reactors/
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/03/small-modular-nuclear-reactors-are-mostly-bad-policy/
Paul Martin series on industrial scaling and SMRs
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/scaling-examples-pt-1-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-smnrs-martin/
NuScale Press Release
https://www.uamps.com/file/0f96e06f-9cd9-4cec-8fd3-0dbc753c6ea0
NuScale media coverage
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/nuscale-power-uamps-agree-terminate-nuclear-project-2023-11-08/
https://iceberg-research.com/2023/11/16/the-collapse-of-the-uamps-deal-raises-the-prospect-of-bankruptcy-for-nuscale/
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/cancelled-nuscale-contract-weighs-heavy-new-nuclear-2024-01-10/
Rolls Royce media coverage
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsrolls-royce-smr-faces-financial-problems-10648145
https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1040531/rolls-royce-snubbed-for-uk-s-first-private-nuclear-plant-1040531.html
Westinghouse AP300 Promotional Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAiLnKAEc6E
China SMR Project - media coverage
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Chinese-HTR-PM-Demo-begins-commercial-operation
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Outer-dome-installed-on-Chinese-small-modular-nucl#:~:text=Once%20completed%2C%20the%20Changjiang%20ACP100,the%20needs%20of%20526%2C000%20households
Rosatom SMR Project
https://www.rosatom.ru/en/press-centre/news/rosatom-obtained-a-license-for-the-first-land-based-smr-in-russia/
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