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• IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The small size isn’t specifically what is intended to make SMRs cheap; it’s the reproducibility. Not every location will be suitable for gigawatt scale reactors, but smaller reactors, made of components you can throw on a rail car, will bring cost down as production scales up. And there would likely be more reactors built, since there’s more flexibility in application.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    … Allow me to amend my statement to what was obvious. Small and reproducable doesn’t mean cheap electricity, and cheap electricity is what we want.

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    • Zephyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I would take carbon free electricity over cheaper electricity any day, but yes those with the money buying power generation want primarily the cheapest energy.

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      • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        omg how are you guys misreading this so much.

        Small and reproducable doesn’t mean cheap electricity when compared to typical large nuclear reactors, and cheap electricity is what we want.

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