You probably also didnt heard about Thorium based molten salt reactors, they are much safer than conventional nuclear, also cheaper, and you can have a 50MW installation in space not much larger than a shipping container. A 50MW solar installation is close to 1km2 and thats without any storage included. It even can be modified to run on spent fuel of conventional nuclear power plants.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

SMRs are DOA. They have been “the next big thing” for decades now. They need to shit or get off the pot.

[–] sandbox@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

No industry has quite so much vaporware technology as nuclear power. Any idiot can promise and never deliver. Look at Elon Musk.