| ▲ | mikestorrent 3 days ago | |
The problem is that we insist on building nuclear plants like cathedrals, when we need to build them like Model T Fords. Small modular reactors need to be rolling out of a factory ready to go, so we can do large redundant arrays of them, put them on trains to transport them around, etc. A nuclear power station making a couple MW should cost maybe a few million tops once we have the ability to make hundreds of them a year from a factory instead of creating these 20 year projects for gigantic facilities that are all bespoke | ||
| ▲ | laurencerowe 3 days ago | parent [-] | |
It’s far from certain that SMRs will end up having lower costs than large nuclear reactors. Maybe they will work out but there is a huge amount of hype. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-30/silicon-v... | ||