Advanced Nuclear
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Advanced nuclear power at scale in the US is 10-15 years away
“By the end of this decade, I think we'll be, have taken some small steps there, but we're probably looking 1015 years to really have advanced nuclear be at any scale in the United States, and that's best case.”
Altman predicts solar storage and advanced nuclear will dominate long-term energy
“In the long term, I expect it'll be, I don't know what the ratio, but the two dominant sources will be solar plus storage and nuclear. I think some combination of those two will win the future, like the long term future. And advanced nuclear, meaning SMRs fusi…”
Lovering: Passive safety lowers advanced nuclear manufacturing and O&M costs
“A lot of them rely on passive safety. So it's safety that's derived from physical processes, not engineered systems. And why that matters in a simple way Way to explain it is that you can have much simpler engineering, so it reduces complexity in the design, a…”
Rodman: Advanced Nuclear Reactors Feature Meltdown-Proof Fuels and Passive Safety
“Advanced designs have walk away passive safety features, in some cases have cores that can't melt down, fuel that cannot melt down. They have lower waste profiles. Proliferation risk is reduced.”