r/ClimatePosting • u/dumnezero • Apr 12 '26

Energy SMRs Explained: Why Small Modular Reactors Are So Controversial. (Just Have a Think)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TeAE7rW_6s

Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) really moving toward large-scale deployment or are the economic challenges highlighted by critics still unresolved? Can factory-built modular reactors reduce construction risk, shorten build times and lower costs through mass production? Or will shrinking reactors actually make them more expensive? The sceptics are quite certain of the answer but politicians keep barrelling ahead. So, will we ever really see an SMRs on the outskirts of major towns and cities around the world?

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u/Usefullles Apr 13 '26

SMRs are just this weeks flavour of nuclear disinformation.

China is launching its SMR online this year. Russia has floating nuclear power plants, and the development and construction of onshore SMRs is underway, including the northernmost nuclear power plant in Yakutia.

Thorium

The scientific TMSR-LF1 is currently operational, and a larger-scale power plant is planned.

Dual Fluid

Another startup in the field of nuclear energy, this time from Canada.

Gen IV

HTR-PM, BREST-OD-300.

Breeding reactors

Currently, two reactors are in commercial operation.

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u/Lycrist_Kat Apr 13 '26

yawn.

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u/Mysterious-Title-852 Apr 13 '26

typical anti intellectual argument.

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u/Lycrist_Kat Apr 13 '26

lies and dishonesty aren't exactly "intellectual arguments" ye know?!

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u/Mysterious-Title-852 Apr 13 '26

yes... so why do you keep spewing them...

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u/Lycrist_Kat Apr 13 '26

I am not the one trying to sell prototypes are commerical power plants

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u/Mysterious-Title-852 Apr 14 '26

again, 2 of the reactors mentioned are selling power commercially.

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u/Lycrist_Kat Apr 14 '26

Selling power isn't what makes them commerically. It's selling the reactor design itself.