SMRs are still being developed and won’t be ready to deploy en mass like that before 2030. The Biden Administration’s goals are to have 80% of energy generated by non-carbon based sources in that very year. This timetable is arguably too slow as it is.
Even that assumes SMR development goes smoothly. Given the history of nuclear development projects, that’s far from certain. The big project in Utah is already showing signs of not meeting its initial promise.
There is no scenario where nuclear can help us achieve our goals in the timespan alloted. Plants take too long to build, and SMR can’t be developed fast enough. If we started getting serious 20 years ago, it’d be different.
SMRs are still being developed and won’t be ready to deploy en mass like that before 2030. The Biden Administration’s goals are to have 80% of energy generated by non-carbon based sources in that very year. This timetable is arguably too slow as it is.
Even that assumes SMR development goes smoothly. Given the history of nuclear development projects, that’s far from certain. The big project in Utah is already showing signs of not meeting its initial promise.
There is no scenario where nuclear can help us achieve our goals in the timespan alloted. Plants take too long to build, and SMR can’t be developed fast enough. If we started getting serious 20 years ago, it’d be different.