Big Tech investments reignite debate over advanced nuclear reactors

Photo caption: Full-scale mockup of the upper one third of the NuScale Power Module™. Photo courtesy of NuScale. Photo source: Oregon State University via Flickr (Photo has been cropped). CC BY-SA 2.0. Article by Akiko Fujita. Yahoo: Finance – October 27, 2024.

Small modular reactors (SMRs) have long held the promise of cheaper, more efficient nuclear energy. Their smaller, standardized designs were expected to usher in a new era for an industry historically plagued by cost overruns and safety concerns. But as major tech firms, including Google (GOOG) and Amazon (AMZN), turn to advanced technologies in hopes of powering their AI ambitions with a low carbon footprint, skeptics are raising questions about their viability, largely because no commercial SMR has been built in the US yet. […]

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