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When evaluated on the basis of cost per unit of power capacity, small modular reactors will actually be more expensive than large reactors. 

February 8, 2024,  https://beyondnuclear.org/first-smr-domino-falls-potentially-to-start-cascade/-- Same financial risks viewed as generic to entire reactor type The nuclear industry is rattled by an Opinion piece appearing in the January 31, 2024 edition of the energy trade journal Utility Dive. The article, astutely entitled “The collapse of NuScale’s project should spell the end for small modular nuclear reactors,” is an…

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John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative reporter|, Brunswick News, 11 Oct 23 A physicist from British Columbia is warning that New Brunswick is heading down a dangerous path, increasing the likelihood of a nuclear war by supporting the development of small reactors for export. M. V. Ramana, a professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and…

 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/is-new-nuclear-a-good-investment-for-ontario-tickets-730418410127?aff=oddtdtcreator Date and time: Wed, Oct 18, 2023 , 7 P.M. ET Location: Online About this event 1 hour 30 minutes Mobile eTicket The Ontario Government is on a nuclear speaking spree, extending and rebuilding old reactors and planning to build up to 8 new nuclear reactors (at Bruce and Darlington). Is nuclear power compatible…