More SMR

The current nuclear power future in the US is looking at two different pathways. The first is the old way and that is building large (1000 megawatt) plants using uranium and lots of government financing and lots of government regulations. The second is small reactors (300 megawatts) using private financing and reduced regulations. The biggest expense in large nuke plants centers around safety regulations which delay construction time and add cost. Private companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google are willing to foot the bill for SMR's if the government will just get out of the way. These SMR's are not burdened with safety problems since they work at ordinary pressure and shut down automatically when power is lost. They are trucked to the use point and do not need outside resources like water. These social media companies can build their data centers where their customers are and just put the SMR next door.