alt Hacker NewsThere's a political issue. Just look at how hard it's been to protest all the new gas plants that came up over the last ~20 years. The reason is that we built many small gas plants, instead of a handful of large ones. It divided up the protesters to the point where they couldn't work together.
When we built less, but larger, nuclear power plants, they're easier to protest. If we can make SMRs economical, it makes it significantly harder to protest.
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agarwaen163 • yesterday at 10:35 PM
The people protesting nuclear honestly shouldn't be allowed to vote if they claim they're clean energy due to the apparent lack of critical thought. Seriously, if you're an actual engineer or scientist, this statement is self evident.
> Just look at how hard it's been to protest all the new gas plants that came up over the last ~20 years.
People have been talking about SMRs being the economic future for over 70 years. It has not happened because it not true.