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VERY interesting idea.
This’ll be all the rage when global warming has us living under a sheet of ice.
The economy has to be carbon free by 2030? The Brits are hell bent to destroy their economy.
Been in the works since at least 1979, regulations so far say no
I wonder if this is pebble-bed technology?
Do you know why they don't make computers in the U.K.?
Because the British engineers haven't figured out how to make them leak oil yet?
I wish the article reported what nuclear fuel the reactors will use.
LFTR thorium reactors are the solution. Of course, this is all predicated on us believing in the climate change religion. Clean coal and nat gas will last us hundreds of years if not for the climate change myth. If not, then LFTRs are the solution.
A reactor in every home. To hell with the grid.
Eliminating every coal fired plant in the UK is a fart in the wind compared to what’s happening in China.
That said, I do like the idea of small modular reactors.
I think this is a great idea, and it should have been done years ago. Instead of one big huge reactor that is hard to control if there is a problem, divide the huge source into many more smaller easier to handle and control sources.
I hope they work a little better than their Trent turbofans.
A large warship is the equivalent of a small town, except the town does not have to be propelled from place to place. A reactor smaller than a one-car garage can keep it running for years on end, and is typically serviced and maintained by well trained twenty-somethings. Safety and efficiency. Economy will follow with volume of production.
USSR satellites were nuclear powered because they lagged in solar cell technology. I wonder how those rectors worked? I heard they were small and worked really well.
It’s about time! Submarine sized nuclear reactors could easily power ships, railroad locomotives, and even semi-trucks if downsized just a bit. Anyone pushing “zero carbon” technology knows deep down that it will NEVER happen unless nuclear power is used.
The consortium calculates it can get the cost of a nuclear power station producing 440 MWe to about GBP1.75 billion, ($2.29 billion)($5,200/Kw) which means being able to sell electricity at below GBP60/MWh ($78.44/MWh).
They should do better than $78.44/MWh to be competitive.