Otter@lemmy.ca to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 11 months agoFirst planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceledarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareAuzy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoAnother problem is that small reactors increase the amount of waste produced and inefficiencies apparently too. https://news.stanford.edu/2022/05/30/small-modular-reactors-produce-high-levels-nuclear-waste/ You also need to provide full security and such for them (so I’d be guessing more overheads)
Another problem is that small reactors increase the amount of waste produced and inefficiencies apparently too.
https://news.stanford.edu/2022/05/30/small-modular-reactors-produce-high-levels-nuclear-waste/
You also need to provide full security and such for them (so I’d be guessing more overheads)