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FBaggins

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2. I think you may have overemphasized the "small" part.

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #1)

Thu May 31, 2012, 11:01 AM

May 2012

They're "small" compared to other reactors, but by no means small in absolute terms (from a generating standpoint).

There are in the neighborhood of 1,400 coal-fired units in the U.S. - Almost 1,000 of them would qualify as "small" by this standard (as would about 5,000 of the 5,500 gas-fired units and just about every wind/solar plant in existence)

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"We’re looking at a fleet of SMRs. We have no interest in building a few and walking away" [View all] FBaggins May 2012 OP

The money back guarantee is neat and all AtheistCrusader May 2012 #1

I think you may have overemphasized the "small" part. FBaggins May 2012 #2

I didn't say 'small'. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #3

You said "outside of remote locations" FBaggins May 2012 #4

Hawaii is not too large. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #5

Those "long term costs" really aren't all that large. FBaggins May 2012 #7

The nuclear industry has a long history of egregiously underestimating costs. bananas May 2012 #10

Security costs for nuclear require an MIC. Diesel and solar don't. Hardly a small cost. WriteWrong May 2012 #8

Were you under the impression that the military would go away if we didn't have nuclear power? FBaggins May 2012 #9

Would? Doubt it. Could? Yes, definitely. Should? Yes, definitely. WriteWrong Jun 2012 #12

(14) 100-MW SMRs/year by 2030 kristopher May 2012 #6

And the first one in 2022 - yeah, that'll stop global warming! bananas May 2012 #11

They won't find 100 American communities that will accept one of these bombs Kolesar Jun 2012 #13