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Big costs sink flagship nuclear project and will sink future small modular reactor projects, too

Adverse economics killed the flagship NuScale SMR project. There is no reason to believe the costs of SMR designs proposed in Canada will be any lower. Are government officials hearing the alarm bells?

Opinion
BY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL
November 23, 2023

Opinion | BY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL | November 23, 2023

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