Advanced Nuclear Reactors

topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes

Catalyst the Green Blueprint

4 statements about Advanced Nuclear Reactors, every show

CATALYST Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lovering: US will not see eight nuclear companies build thousands of reactors
“And so, I don't think we're gonna have, you know, eight companies building thousands of reactors in the U.S. But I do think we're gonna get demonstrations of several, and we'll probably see which ones work, and some of them aren't gonna work”
Jessica Lovering Nov 16, 2023 ▶ 25:26 The cost of nuclear
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Open · timeframe May 2028
Cochran: Advanced reactors load follow much faster than historical nuclear
“Many of the technologies, some number of technologies, ours in particular, are able to load follow much more rapidly than historical nuclear.”
Caroline Cochran May 17, 2023 ▶ 37:06 Live: Is advanced nuclear ready for liftoff?
CATALYST Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2035
Kugelmass: Advanced chemistry nuclear reactors will not deploy until mid-2030s
“The ones that are most realistic, even by their own admission, by the way, to be built in the next five to 10 years, are the ones that use the traditional proven reactor technology and don't introduce some sort of physics chemistry or material science innovati…”
Brett Kugelmass Feb 16, 2023 ▶ 13:21 Strong opinions on SMRs
CATALYST Prediction Held up
DeWitt: Advanced reactors will see only small-scale deployments before 2027
“Yeah, I think you're right on the timeframes for what that looks like in that five-year window. I think we start to see deployments happen in, in, in smaller scales in that timeframe, but you're still talking about just a couple plans here and there.”
Jake DeWitt Feb 25, 2022 ▶ 1:05:30 Will advanced reactors solve nuclear's problems?

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