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US Tiny Nuclear Reactors

The objective for next-generation nuclear reactors seems to be to scale down, not up—an initiative backed by the Department of Energy, the DOE announced a conditional agreement made with private firms Westinghouse and Radiant to conduct the first reactor tests at its Demonstration on Microreactor Experiment (DOME) facility, located at Idaho National Laboratory. The microreactors eVinci (Westinghouse) and Kaleidos (Radiant) each produce only 5 megawatts and 1.2 megawatts of power. The DOE defines microreactors as small reactors that generate between 1 and 50 megawatts of power. That’s tiny compared to traditional reactors, which are capable of generating around 833 times the power of Kaleidos. What  is your take on the micro nuclear reactors ?

 

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