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No credible business plan for SMRs

Geoffrey Rothwell, Bryan Leyland, Patrick Moore
France New Zealand Canada
2019
NuScale Small Modular Reactor

Geoffrey Rothwell, Ph.D. Economics, ret. Principal Economist at OECD Nuclear Energy Agency: Since 2010, ALL technologies claim to have small MODULAR designs. I have seen NO credible business plan for any SMR. Comments: Bryan Leyland, Energy consultant for Southeast Asia and Africa: There is no doubt that the regulatory organisations are delaying progress. Patrick Moore, Environmental consultant: The US and other western countries and Japan will fall far behind Russia, China and India in nuclear design if they don’t smarten up.