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First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled (arstechnica.com)

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First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled::NuScale and its primary partner give up on its first installation.

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[-] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah the same reason nuclear is being rejected everywhere, it's economically unfeasible and a huge liability - no one wants to end up with a hugely expensive powerstation that no one wants to buy power from because it's a thousand times more expensive per kWh than any other option.

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