A glowing future for nuclear power? Mini reactors explained

🇩🇪 Deutsche Welle (DE) —

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Mini nuclear reactors (Small Modular Reactors, SMRs) are promoted as a promising flexible energy source offering abundant, cheap, and clean power with lower water consumption. However, the article examines the feasibility and challenges behind the SMR hype in the energy sector.

Mini reactors are seen as a flexible energy source. Their promise: abundant energy, cheap, clean and climate-friendly with lower water use. But do the numbers add up? We look at what's behind the SMR hype.

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