This is exciting and welcome news. Combined with wind and solar-generated power, small-scale nuclear reactors will go a long way in reducing our climate-altering reliance on fossil fuels.
The shift to small modular reactors at INL feels like a smart pivot for the industry. I'm curious about how the decade lifecycle for these units will actully work in practice, especially the logistics of shipping reactors back to factories for rebuilding. The waste managment aspect sounds more streamlined than traditional on-site storage. Do you think Idaho utilities will prioritize micro reactors like the Aurora design over larger installations?
Fossil fuels are finite resources. We need to further research renewable energy sources now.
Even though the word “nuclear” still causes jitters for people who recall the Three Mile Island near catastrophe, the development of nuclear energy has progressed in leaps and bounds in the past few decades.
Not long ago, I would have said, “Hell no!” to nuclear energy. Now I’m convinced that nuclear, solar, wind and wave technologies together will be sufficient to cleanly power our energy hungry planet well into the future.
The author has made one big mistake. Biden had nothing to do with this surge. He and his minions were spending billions upon billions of dollars on wind and solar. They were trying to bury nuclear.
Not quite accurate. The INL saw a surge (as did SMR companies) under the Biden administration for nuclear power funding. You are certainly correct on their spending for wind and solar.
This is exciting and welcome news. Combined with wind and solar-generated power, small-scale nuclear reactors will go a long way in reducing our climate-altering reliance on fossil fuels.
The shift to small modular reactors at INL feels like a smart pivot for the industry. I'm curious about how the decade lifecycle for these units will actully work in practice, especially the logistics of shipping reactors back to factories for rebuilding. The waste managment aspect sounds more streamlined than traditional on-site storage. Do you think Idaho utilities will prioritize micro reactors like the Aurora design over larger installations?
Fossil fuels are finite resources. We need to further research renewable energy sources now.
Even though the word “nuclear” still causes jitters for people who recall the Three Mile Island near catastrophe, the development of nuclear energy has progressed in leaps and bounds in the past few decades.
Not long ago, I would have said, “Hell no!” to nuclear energy. Now I’m convinced that nuclear, solar, wind and wave technologies together will be sufficient to cleanly power our energy hungry planet well into the future.
The author has made one big mistake. Biden had nothing to do with this surge. He and his minions were spending billions upon billions of dollars on wind and solar. They were trying to bury nuclear.
Not quite accurate. The INL saw a surge (as did SMR companies) under the Biden administration for nuclear power funding. You are certainly correct on their spending for wind and solar.