For example -
Great Britain plans 14 mini nuclear power plants for eight million households
Great Britain is to receive a private fleet of new mini nuclear power plants from 2034. SGE SMR UK is planning 14 reactors at three locations for this purpose. The plants are expected to supply a total of 4.2 gigawatts and supply almost eight million households. However, the project can only start once locations, operators, financing and permits have been determined.
Behind the project is SGE from Warsaw. The company belongs to the environment of the Polish entrepreneur Michał Sołowow. GE Vernova Hitachi, Samsung C&T, Laing O'Rourke, Aecon and other partners are also involved. Therefore, it is not a purely state project.
The planned reactors will use BWRX-300 technology. Each unit is expected to produce around 300 megawatts of electrical power. This will create a fleet of 4.2 gigawatts with 14 turbines. However, SGE is focusing on series production so that planning and construction run faster.
Great Britain is to receive a private fleet of new mini nuclear power plants from 2034. SGE SMR UK is planning 14 reactors at three locations for this purpose. The plants are expected to supply a total of 4.2 gigawatts and supply almost eight million households. However, the project can only start once locations, operators, financing and permits have been determined.
Behind the project is SGE from Warsaw. The company belongs to the environment of the Polish entrepreneur Michał Sołowow. GE Vernova Hitachi, Samsung C&T, Laing O'Rourke, Aecon and other partners are also involved. Therefore, it is not a purely state project.
The planned reactors will use BWRX-300 technology. Each unit is expected to produce around 300 megawatts of electrical power. This will create a fleet of 4.2 gigawatts with 14 turbines. However, SGE is focusing on series production so that planning and construction run faster.
The BWRX-300 has already achieved Level 2 of the Generic Design Assessment in the UK. The auditors found no fundamental barriers to safety, security, safeguards or environmental protection. Nevertheless, each specific power plant needs further permits. Location, grid connection and emergency planning also count.
2 comments:
God knows how much cheaper nukes would be if we dumped the routine overestimation of the risks of low dose rate radiation. (There's no contention about the risks of high dose rates.)
The source of the balls is called the LNT hypothesis. For years I'd assumed it was simply a too-conservative assumption made in the early days when there weren't many data. I've since learned that actually it's been stoutly defended by people telling lies, suppressing data, and the other stunts we've become familiar with from "Science". Hang the bastards!.
dearieme - I recently read an article on the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh which is expected to be operating this year. I has cost about a quarter of what Hinckley Point C is expected to cost, although Rooppur is about 75% of the size.
Yes, dishonesty and lies around LTN are prevalent in anything to do with environmental limits. Steve Milloy of JunkScience has been very scathing about the LNT hypothesis when applied to official limits on airborne particulates.
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