
Australia’s rise as an electro-state
Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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The Future of Nuclear Power
Nuclear is used very few resources. It's just a small real estate footprint. And you don't use much uranium fuel. Nuclear does not have social license in Australia. So transitioning from that to adoption of nuclear would be socially very difficult. Small modular reactors, which if they're very small, like 50 or 60 or 70 megawatts, could even conceive it'll be used in a load following means. But they've got a long way to go. The most advanced small modular reactor is by a company called NewScale and NewScale in America. After seven years and being fast-tracked by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, they likely to get their approval this year. I cannot see any
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