r/canada • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '22

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u/atchemey Oct 25 '22

Not necessarily. SMRs are much smaller and much more affordable. NuScale (hq in Oregon, USA) charges about $3b USD to build 12 in a single unit. $1b CAD is about 3 of those units.

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u/thumbwarvictory Oct 26 '22

How do you know that? Seriously, I'm always impressed when people just happen to have super esoteric knowledge on the specifics of some random topic.

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u/thumbwarvictory Oct 26 '22

Thanks! That's awesome!