A new report has assessed the feasibility of deploying small modular nuclear reactors to meet increasing energy demands around the world. The findings don't look so good for this particular form of energy production.

[T]he report’s executive summary certainly gets to the heart of their findings.

“The rhetoric from small modular reactor (SMR) advocates is loud and persistent: This time will be different because the cost overruns and schedule delays that have plagued large reactor construction projects will not be repeated with the new designs,” says the report. “But the few SMRs that have been built (or have been started) paint a different picture – one that looks startlingly similar to the past. Significant construction delays are still the norm and costs have continued to climb.”

    • Arlaerion@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I never agreed that its outmoded or old tech.

      At Fukushima Daichii died one worker of radiation poisoning and one in a crane incident. The evacuation killed 51 more. Scientific consense is, that the loss of life and cumulative lifetime would have been lower if there was no evacuation.

      • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
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        6 months ago

        “No evacuation.” Have you ever actually talked to people?

        You know that nuclear power plant up the road? They just had a big accident, we don’t know exactly what’s going on, and at least one person is already dead from radiation. But it’s fine, and you shouldn’t worry or leave the area.

        • Arlaerion@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          6 months ago

          There was a massive tsunami in the area killing almost 20k people, the power plant was not their first concern.

          The guy died 4 years after the accident from lung cancer, not very common in nuclear power.

          • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
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            6 months ago

            You know that nuclear power plant up the road? They just had a big accident, we don’t know exactly what’s going on, and at least one person is already dead from radiation. But it’s fine, and you shouldn’t worry or leave the area.