NRC issues first U.S. construction permit for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor
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COCobaltFire15 jam yang lalu
This is a 10th Generation Boiling Water Reactor. Here's some relevant links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BWRX-300
https://www.gevernova.com/nuclear/carbon-free-power/bwrx-300...
Interesting point: no pumps; convection flow for 100% of the operational envelope.
IDidontwantthis3 jam yang lalu
A nuclear power plant is essentially a coal power plant with free fuel.
Today, if you literally built a coal power plant with free fuel it would not be cheaper than solar.
My question: If you built a small modular coal power plant, would that be cheaper than solar? It necessarily has to be cheaper than nuclear.
EXexabrial4 jam yang lalu
Hell yes!
PRpreisschild12 jam yang lalu
The BWRX-300 footprint is so large they might as well just build large nuclear power units again and get 3-4x the power
TEtesting2232115 jam yang lalu
Place your bets now.
Time until first power generated, and actual final total cost.
I’ll go 15 years and $10 Billion.
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This is a 10th Generation Boiling Water Reactor. Here's some relevant links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BWRX-300 https://www.gevernova.com/nuclear/carbon-free-power/bwrx-300... Interesting point: no pumps; convection flow for 100% of the operational envelope.
A nuclear power plant is essentially a coal power plant with free fuel. Today, if you literally built a coal power plant with free fuel it would not be cheaper than solar. My question: If you built a small modular coal power plant, would that be cheaper than solar? It necessarily has to be cheaper than nuclear.
Hell yes!
The BWRX-300 footprint is so large they might as well just build large nuclear power units again and get 3-4x the power
Place your bets now. Time until first power generated, and actual final total cost. I’ll go 15 years and $10 Billion.