Re: power shortages

On 8/03/2024 9:40 pm, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:22:29 +0100, Jeroen Belleman
<jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
 

On 3/8/24 07:40, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Thu, 07 Mar 2024 07:13:56 -0800) it happened John Larkin
<jl@997PotHill.com> wrote in <h8mjui5kf50de3tkplpf1e12k12r8dgl58@4ax.com>:
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 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/amid-explosive-demand-america-is-running-out-of-power/ar-BB1jtM69
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Increasing demand and declining reliable supply could put people in
the dark.

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Yesterday I was reading Netherlands gov has decided to build 4 new nuclear power plants.
They still have to find locations for 3, what if next doors?? ??

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These are planned to be the --now old-fashioned-- Westinghouse
design? Big installations that need ten years to build?
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I wonder if it wouldn't be better to start an industry of
small modular reactors. Tens of megawatts rather than hundreds,
Something that could fit on a barge, or a train, transported
where it's needed, and up and running in months rather than
years.

 Already in development!
 https://www.rolls-royce.com/innovation/small-modular-reactors.aspx#/

Not exactly.
"By design, our SMR is focused on attracting all forms of private capital to support the build out of global SMR demand. With a proven factory built commoditised approach, our SMR will offer investors and lenders a degree of confidence that will enable future customers to access a range of capital options to finance their SMR purchase."
They've got as far as having a proposition that they hope will attract private capital. There's no suggestion that they have attracted any yet,
let along enough to cover the cost of building a whole production line.
It's a pipe-dream.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney