PhD energy innovation 
Into decarbonisation, regeneration & climate/crypto 
An interesting point right? Though largely to do with licencing process - a lot of UK designs close to market are based on smaller versions of existing tech.
Super interesting new @POST_UK Note on small modular #nuclear reactors- had no idea the technology is still 10 years from commercial scale deployment! 
Thanks @MillerJDavid 
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Yes very.. I've been at events where people are predicting commercial scale SMNRs with integrated CHP by 2030, so I assumed we at least had the tech down... Are there not successful designs used in submarines and things?
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It’s not as simple as just wiring up a submarine reactor to the grid, sadly. Would need to develop a design, and license it, then build first of class. 15y is plausible, 11 pushes it. 1/2.
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2/2. The issue is paying for it. To justify the multi-£bn development cost, even a credible vendor with an existing team would need maybe 20+ firm orders at an attractive price to make the business case fly. Could any UK government credibly sign such a contract?
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I assumed that as the tech had been used in appliances like subs it would be much further down the road to commercialisation.. so given potential social resistance to 'community nuclear' I'm even more sceptical that these investment levels will ever be reached
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