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prometheus2508 t1_j5csiop wrote

Reply to comment by colonel_beeeees in Eye-popping new cost estimates released for NuScale small modular reactor by paulfdietz

Like miniaturizing nuclear reactors? Or is that the wrong kind of innovation?

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paulfdietz OP t1_j5ctaw6 wrote

It's innovation that has a poor history of innovating. That probably has something to do with the size of the units (even these ones) and the penalty for getting the design wrong. Design iteration seem to take forever and not really work well.

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prometheus2508 t1_j5ctvbp wrote

Or is it because fossil lobbies suppress all competing technologies?

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paulfdietz OP t1_j5hau6p wrote

Nuclear stans will explain it's always someone else's fault. Reliable as clockwork, they are.

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prometheus2508 t1_j5hbjua wrote

The math only allows for one solution to carbon-free energy for humanity. Being ignorant doesn't change the math.

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