Small Modular Reactors. Are they now unavoidable?

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Nuclear Energy remains as contentious and controversial today as it has ever been. Fukushima nearly killed it off for good, but now there's a new crop of systems in development all over the world that may cause our policymakers to think again. They're called Small Modular Reactors. This week we consider the pros and cons of the technology.
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@darksonic220 3 жыл бұрын

As a recent Engineering graduate with a desire to eventually work in the nuclear industry, this video helped a lot in putting modern nuclear technology in context. Thank you for your balanced approach to this subject.

@donaldjmccann 3 жыл бұрын

I used to work for SaskPower, a provincial utility in Canada. They could not consider building a Nuclear power plant, because their maximum base-load was under 3GW. Since all power plants require maintenance, which require shutdowns, they could not see a way to shutdown about 2GW of production for a maintenance period, so they continue with their coal fired plants. Their typical generator is about 150 MW, which fits into the SMR range. I think there are other power companies with similar issues. Thanks for the good work!

@SpottedHares 3 жыл бұрын

The biggest problem at the end of the day is that everyone expects it to work perfectly the first time with as little funding as possible.

@JasonWhittle1 3 жыл бұрын

I think Nuclear would be great for energy production. Caveat: in a sufficiently educated society.

@9squares 3 жыл бұрын

I'll spare you my rant. Thank you for your analysis, all your work, and continued commitment to a solution.

@phamnuwen9442 3 жыл бұрын

"These things take up a huge amount of land".

@p.turgor4797 3 жыл бұрын

2:52

@christopherrasmussen8718 3 жыл бұрын

No moving parts. Small units. Run a neighborhood for a decade. Drill a hole, pop it in and hook it up. All for it.

@christianreichelt824 3 жыл бұрын

Subscribed.

@archvaldor 3 жыл бұрын

Not often an intelligent and interesting channel quickly acquires the audience it deserves. Congrats on 100K subs.

@paxdriver 3 жыл бұрын

This is really important. All great great things began with discussion and forethought. Thanks for helping keep that going.

@Wol747 3 жыл бұрын

As usual a well produced and thought-out video.

@peterm.eggers520 3 жыл бұрын

Molten salt reactors in development are much more efficient, producing about 1/10 the amount of nuclear waste that is dangerously radioactive for about 1/1000 the number of years. In addition, the MSRs can use the current light water reactor waste as fuel.

@markw999 3 жыл бұрын

That awkward moment that you realize that presenting factual information is intensely disturbing to at least 1/3 of the population......

@pedroisaacs6212 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. The main concern is the proliferation of these smaller nuclear sites with less regulation and driven by capital enterprise. Nuclear power plants do not do well with cost cutting as you mentioned. I think the risks far outway the benefits.

@williamolenchenko5772 3 жыл бұрын

Storing spent fuel from commercial reactors is quite easily manageable. The volume of the waste is small, and it is contained. Advanced reactor designs can burn the long-lived transuranics, thereby requiring storage for only 100 years instead of 100,000 years. It is time that people stop exaggerating the "problem" of nuclear waste. Disposing of solar photovoltaics safely will actually be a much bigger problem.

@gregmattson2238 3 жыл бұрын

'take up large amounts of land'. yeah right. ANYTHING renewable related is going to take up orders of magnitude more land, because the power density is so small.

@tonychen76 3 жыл бұрын

Correction: the Russian floating nuclear power plant left the shipyard at the end of last year. It is already running 100% now.

@ThomasLeonard454 3 жыл бұрын

My son in law works in the nuclear area in the Navy for 20 years. He says why not, the Navy has done some great things with this process. Let's do it!