• partizan@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    You probably also didnt heard about Thorium based molten salt reactors, they are much safer than conventional nuclear, also cheaper, and you can have a 50MW installation in space not much larger than a shipping container. A 50MW solar installation is close to 1km2 and thats without any storage included. It even can be modified to run on spent fuel of conventional nuclear power plants.

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      4 months ago

      No industry has quite so much vaporware technology as nuclear power. Any idiot can promise and never deliver. Look at Elon Musk.

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      4 months ago

      SMRs are DOA. They have been “the next big thing” for decades now. They need to shit or get off the pot.