Small reactors

There are currently about a dozen small nuclear reactor projects underway around the world. Most are not interested in building an actual working unit but the engineers just want to keep working on design. The thing that turns them off from construction is the regulators. The rules are so complicated they just don't want to get involved. Because of this the first unit built will not use the best technology. It will use only existing approved technology and equipment. This will allow them to by pass most of the regulation hang ups associated with anything new. The plan is to build small units that can be made on a assembly line and transferred to the use site by truck. The units are erected in a few weeks and ready for online testing in a few months. The units are owned and operated by the manufacturer and the electric power is sold to the customer. The customer could be a city or a business and they would use one or more units depending on their needs. The units will run for 20 years and then returned to the manufacturer and replaced with a new unit. The manufacturer will dissemble the unit and recycle. Besides producing electrical power these units can be used to produce heat needed for production of things like aluminum, steel and concrete. Bret Kugelmass is the founder and CEO of Last Energy a firm that is building these reactors in Texas for sale in Poland and England. The company has a $19 billion dollar contract to build units in an assembly line type factory.