Comment by jabl
20 hours ago
> We could have standardized the old reactors too.
Yes, but the potential market for GW-size reactors is fairly limited.
Now, whether the market for any of these SMR reactors is large enough that any of them will be able to see any of these supposed economies of scale is a big question.
> Yes, but the potential market for GW-size reactors is fairly limited.
It is not. There are roughly 200 >1GW reactors.
The US just doesn't want Chinese reactors and vice versa. The same problem will haunt SMBs.
You can in theory build a SMR next to a data centre, so I guess we’ll find out