11
submitted 1 year ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

While SMRs present a clean future, some worry the timeline for development and research could be too long, among other concerns.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Poutinetown@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

SaskPower has selected the GE-Hitachi BWRX-300 for potential deployment in Saskatchewan by mid-2030, subject to a final decision on whether to pursue one reactor or four by 2029.

So this means it'll take the 6 years to decide how many to buy, then 6 years to build them?

[-] Diplomjodler@feddit.de -3 points 1 year ago

What all the nuke-enthusiasts fail to see is that this technology moves on very long timelines. It takes decades to move from a concept to an actual plant producing utility scale amounts of power. And then you still need to scale up production which is also a huge task. Anyone who expects any new reactor concept to become reality in the next couple of decades is either clueless, delusional or a snake oil salesman.

[-] niisyth@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Right but these are Small Modular Reactors which are quite different to singular humongous nuclear power plants. Think more akin to Nuclear Sub's reactors; which definitely are much smaller than the typical grid reactors.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
11 points (100.0% liked)

Canada

7206 readers
504 users here now

What's going on Canada?



Communities


๐Ÿ Meta


๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Provinces / Territories


๐Ÿ™๏ธ Cities / Local Communities


๐Ÿ’ SportsHockey

Football (NFL)

  • List of All Teams: unknown

Football (CFL)

  • List of All Teams: unknown

Baseball

Basketball

Soccer


๐Ÿ’ป Universities


๐Ÿ’ต Finance / Shopping


๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Politics


๐Ÿ Social and Culture


Rules

Reminder that the rules for lemmy.ca also apply here. See the sidebar on the homepage:

https://lemmy.ca


founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS