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The nuclear industry’s big bet on going small: Small modular reactors might be the nuclear industry’s best hope for a renaissance. (www.vox.com)

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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Interesting. I'm curious to see how waste production by SMR compares with Gen2 & PWR commonly in used today. Efficiency and quantity of waste/kWh is an important factor for public acceptance. This seems to be discussed too little, although some company say their reactor design adress this issue.

[–] OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

If all the nuclear waste from U.S. power plants were put on a football field, it would stack up just 50 feet high. In comparison to the waste produced by every other kind of electricity production, that quantity is close to zero.

From this Forbes op-ed.