Comment on Trump Administration Providing Weapons Grade Plutonium to Sam Altman
rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 weeks agoLike batteries which are also dropping in price every year. That’s what utilities are already doing.
Nobody is trying to build nuclear plants to back-up their solar panels.
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Accept that grid scale batterys are largely a pipe dream.
The largest battery banks in the world can provide a meager few minutes of grid power.
Battery storage is beyond infeasible at this time. Pumped hydro is far more cost effective, but limited to certain geographical locations, and often quite limited in capacity
rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
My point is that utilities are already building the more effective and efficient technologies for their areas. Nobody is trying to build nuclear because it simply costs too much.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
You have no idea what you are talking about.
China’s State Council has approved ten or more new reactors for construction each year since 2022.
Notable SMRs in China include: Linglong One (ACP100): This is the world’s first commercial, land-based SMR.
Status: The first unit is nearing completion at the Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant in Hainan province. Capacity: It has a capacity of 125 MWe.
Approval: In 2016, it was the first SMR design to pass an independent safety review by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
HTR-PM: This is a high-temperature gas-cooled SMR. Status: A demonstration project at the Shidaowan plant in Shandong province began commercial operation in December 2023.
Capacity: It consists of twin 250 MW thermal reactors, generating 210 MWe. TMSR-LF1: China is also developing a Molten Salt Reactor (MSR). Status: A demonstration reactor with a 10 MWe capacity was under construction in late 2025.