
NH #627: More Nuclear Reactors for Illinois? + Whistleblower: IAEA Pre-Approval of Fukushima Radioactive Water Release – the Fix is In
Nuclear Hotseat
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The Irony of Jobs
The purpose of the small modular reactor was to reduce the number of staff needed to operate the reactors. The idea that cost per unit of energy for small modulars has already been calculated to be greater than today's reactors, he says. What you will do is cut into the market share further reducing price of energy, which makes reactors requiring more nuclear bailouts in the future,. Not only that, they'll be competing with renewables for the already constrained grid access - a real problem we have been harping on for over a decade.
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