What Drives This Madness On Small Modular Nuclear Reactors?
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/30/what-drives-this-madness-on-small-modular-nuclear-reactors/
“There have been successful nuclear generation deployment programs in the world. The USA, France, Canada and South Korea managed it, more or less.”
There has not been a successful nuclear generation program ever as they all depend on a) mining which requires putting poor people in danger b) disposal which relies on putting poor people in danger.
You can’t hand wave the “putting poor people in danger” away any more than you can do so with mining coal or fracking.
When you have a subheading that reads, “What are the seven conditions for success for nuclear energy?” I WOULD EXPECT you to name them. The author never does.
“In the early 2000s, wind, solar and batteries hadn’t seen massive global deployments and astounding cost reductions, and wind and solar especially had not been proven to be able to be managed to create reliable grids.”
This is complete and utter bullshit. Texas grid depends on renewables for over 20%.
Did he not bother Googling?
Iceland – 86.87%
Norway – 71.56%
Sweden – 50.92%
Germany — 50%.
SMR would (and remain) a SMALL part of ANY grid because being small THEY LITERALLY CANNOT generate the kind of energy required.
All the danger without the power. This is high risk low payoff. About as bad an economic decision as any business can make.
His heart is in the right place but climate change isn’t the ONLY criteria. We can’t kill off the poor to allow the rich to survive.