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Nuclear power has been around for decades but it's never achieved the global dominance of the energy sector that its creators envisioned. Now, as the world moves away from fossil fuels, the nuclear debate is firmly back in focus and Small Modular Reactors are being touted as the only zero carbon baseload solution to our climate crisis. Rolls Royce say they'll have their design operational within ten years. Can they do it, and do we want it?
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Research Links
Just Have a Think Videos on Nuclear Power
Thorium Molten Salt Reactors
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SMR technology explained
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Nuclear Fusion
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Other Research
Rolls Royce
www.rolls-royce.com/innovatio...
www.rolls-royce.com/~/media/F...
BBC Article
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-5...
Michael Barnard Article in Clean Technica
cleantechnica.com/2021/05/03/...
Lazard LCOE Charts
www.lazard.com/media/451086/l...
Our World in Data - Nuclear Safety
ourworldindata.org/nuclear-en...
What is SMR?
www.twi-global.com/technical-...
IAEA - Nuclear Waste
www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/...