The collapse of a plan to build a nuclear power plant with small modular reactors raises concerns about the feasibility of advanced reactors. The project, backed by the U.S. Department of Energy, faced rising costs and lack of buyers. NuScale’s conventional design was the closest to construction. Small reactors offer simplicity and cost reduction, but larger reactors are more fuel efficient. NuScale’s design, using water and low-enriched uranium, won approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. However, the cost of the project continued to rise, making the power significantly more expensive than wind or solar.
On Nuclear Power—From CACOR Archives.
1995 Series 1 Number 15 Page 1 Dr. Umberto Colombo (Italian National Council for Economy and Labour) explained his thoughts about the need for a comeback of nuclear power. […]
Germany’s Energy Catastrophe
Germany may be the only nation that has based its energy policy on absolution. Germans call it Energiewende (“energy transition”), and they aim to decarbonize their economy and lead the world by […]
This tiny fusion reactor is made out of commercially available parts
Nuclear startup Avalanche Energy has modest funding, a skeleton crew, a pocket-sized prototype — and grand ambitions. For more than 70 years, governments, oil and gas companies, and entrepreneurs have dreamed of harvesting energy […]
Under Doug Ford, Ontarians can expect electricity emissions to triple by 2030
By Alastair Sharp Carbon emissions from Ontario’s electricity sector are set to almost triple over the next decade, as gas-fired generation largely fills the void left by major nuclear refurbishments and […]