estimates the NuScale plant's main first project in Utah is going to cost [$89/MWh produced](https://ieefa.org/resources/eye-popping-new-cost-estimates-released-nuscale-small-modular-reactor) over it's lifetime (or $119/MWh if you include the government subsidy). By contrast US onshore

options that phase out fossil fuels quicker and cheaper. https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/articles/land-based-wind-market-report-2022-edition https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81325.pdf https://ieefa.org/resources/eye-popping-new-cost-estimates-released-nuscale-small-modular-reactor#:~:text=The%2053%25%20increase%20in%20the,%245.3%20billion%20to%20%249.3%20billion https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-stacked https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3

case we can store as heat and use a turbine to generate electricity at ~60% efficiency. https://ieefa.org/articles/ieefa-us-small-modular-reactor-too-late-too-expensive-too-risky-and-too-uncertain