Gen 4 molten salt reactors are an interesting concept but I very much doubt that they will still be economically competitive with other clean forms of energy if and when they solved the very hard problem of corrosion with high temperature salt
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One thing that makes me skeptical is they're shooting for a moving price target. Where will renewables + storage prices be in 12-20 years when these things are being built out at scale?
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It’s unfortunate that Obama closed Yucca Mountain because of NIMBYism
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No novel nuclear design will ever work commercially if we remain afraid of it and government over-regulates it accordingly. Unjustified fear is the biggest problem and the toughest to fix, IMHO. Some have been unearthing how we got here, eg.https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2018/06/11/if-nuclear-power-is-so-safe-why-are-we-so-afraid-of-it/#e5384f663859 …
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AFAIS is the problem with nuclear energy not any reactor design but still the waste handling. Waste transmutation to something better to handle (i.e., all to isotopes halflifes in human timeframes) is not in sight anywhere (at least not that I am aware of...)
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also I am a bit sceptical about the initative of nuclear energy operators to cover potentail damage - I suppose it would be reasonable to file for bankruptcy after a wide(r) area accident if the damage exceeds the overall market value
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"Startup" and "nuclear power" Nope.
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It will work better than fusion power, which only "works" in 0.5 seconds.
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No mention of thorium (that I saw) in the article. Or was it implied in the jargon? Or is it turning out to be unrealistic?
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But this scares oil execs and liberals at the same time so will never take off
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It's weird that people who think they take climate change seriously dismiss nuclear power.pic.twitter.com/e7ampm3kGU
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Schedules show ITER beating them to the punch.
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Climate change isn't really an “either or” kind of problem. It's more of a “use every possible tool available” kind of problem. ITER will be great, assuming it ever works, but we needed a solution “yesterday” not “tomorrow”.
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