NuScale and its primary partner give up on its first installation.

First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled::NuScale and its primary partner give up on its first installation.

  • @IchNichtenLichtenEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    The problem with solar is that the sun doesn’t shine overnight.

    Big if true. Winds tend to be stronger at night though.

    if you’re relying a lot on solar, you need to build a big-ass battery that you charge during the day and use at night.

    Or pumped hydro, compressed gas, molten salt, green hydrogen, etc.

    Nuclear is good for baseline power

    Base load. See here: https://cleantechnica.com/2022/06/28/we-dont-need-base-load-power/