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IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 6 months agoThey’re currently being deployed in industrial settings around the US.
I searched and I can’t find any cases of such a reactor being deployed anywhere in the US.
“Microreactors for civilian use are currently in the earliest stages of development, with individual designs ranging in various stages of maturity.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_microreactor
The reactor you’re referring to doesn’t even had a Wikipedia page.
Weird.
treadful@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
I first learned about it with this project in Butte, Montana, which is in development. They also have a page describing a deployment in Saskatchewan. I don’t know if this was completed yet but it’s been in progress for years. There’s also a lot of other planned deployments I’m finding.
I thought I saw some active deployment on the east coast last time I looked into this but haven’t been able to immediately find an example. Either way, it’s at least in progress, has regulatory backing, and is not just imaginary.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’d say it’s imaginary if they don’t exist. Your claim that, “They’re currently being deployed in industrial settings around the US.” isn’t really accurate, is it?
treadful@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
I’d consider signed agreements as part of the “being deployed” process but yeah, I haven’t been able to find evidence of any currently active deployments. I wouldn’t call it a “moonshot” though when there’s so many in the works is all.
Not really sure how NuScale is relevant as that’s (or at least the project in the article is) utility-level power and not really the same thing.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They’re both SMRs, right?