USA NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IS BETTING ON SMALLER REACTORS
February 22nd, 2023
With the USA looking to replace fossil fuel consumption in its energy sector, its nuclear industry has “no appetite” for building traditional large-scale nuclear reactors...because of the delays and the cost overruns on such mega projects, said Jacopo Buongiorno, a nuclear energy expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
But, according to Buongiorno, there is plenty of enthusiasm for smaller “modular” reactors that can replace older CO2-emitting fossil-fuel plants. “There’s a lot of excitement to replace coal with nuclear,” said ...
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