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US Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor Industry Gains Traction In Missouri

Posted by Soulskill on from the grabbing-market-share-from-mr-fusion dept.

trichard writes with this quote from an AP report: "Ameren Missouri is vying to be the first utility in the country to seek a construction and operating license for a small-scale nuclear reactor, a technology that's appealing to utilities because of the smaller upfront costs and shorter development lead times. The small reactors, about a fourth or less the capacity of full-size nuclear units, are appealing to the nuclear industry because they could be manufactured at a central plant and shipped around the world. By contrast, building nuclear reactors today is a more cumbersome process that must be done largely on site and takes years."

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  1. Re:How does the MTBF scale? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just love it that Alaska isn't considered 'part of the country'. Maybe we should just go back to being in Russia, although I would prefer Canada myself.

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  2. Re:How does the MTBF scale? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Then if we could only get Mexico to take back Texas, the country would be perfect!

  3. Re:How does the MTBF scale? by Baloroth · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Who isn't considering Alaska part of the country? That plant is only proposed. From Wikipedia:

    Toshiba never began the expensive process for approval that is required by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    In other words, no one has yet sought a construction and operating license for a small-scale nuclear reactor yet. TFA is about a company that is, if not at that stage, is certainly under way toward it. Galena's plan is currently stalled.

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  4. Re:Figures by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Check out a federal income tax map one day,

    I did, and I was smart enough to find a "per-capita" listing/map:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_tax_revenue_by_state

    -- SmartAss Midwesterner pwning a East/West-Coaster

  5. Re:Figures by tomhath · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hmmm, trying to find Missouri on the per capita spending on welfare list. Oh, there it is at #37. No surprise the New England dominates the top of the list considering their political drift.