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Nuclear Power: Small Modular Reactors (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Advantages of Small Modular Reactors

HTR-PM is a small module reactor that came online in China in 2021. New scale delivers theirs in groups of 4 or more, and their renamed reactors are getting their debut in a couple years providing power for Utah-associated municipal power systems. You also have the big advantage of modularity and construction with SMRs in that so much of the precision work can be done in a controlled factory environment.

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