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Trump just signed an EO that will increase the number of nuclear plants. This is a very big deal that should be bipartisan. So how will the left oppose more cheap, no emission power?

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8 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

So how will the left oppose more cheap, no emission power?

 

24 minutes ago, herbie said:

Yeah let's adopt the most expensive, longest to implement form of electrical generation and pretend like it will fix everything by tomorrow morning.

LOL, well in fairness gatomontes you DID ask :)  

Herbie's problem is that if you ACTUALLY solve the problem of creating energy without global warming then he won't have anything to cry about as he rends his garments :) 

Canada is about to bring its very first SMRs online.  This is a truly next generation tech and canada is in the lead when it comes to design. We also have a lot of  the nuclear material necessary to build reactors. So this is good news for us. 

The new tech solves almost all the problems of older tech. It CANNOT have a runway meltdown (where as the old tech needed lots of safety systems to prevent it),  you have small clusters so ite easy to take one offline for repairs while the others continue to produce power, it's easy to add to the cluster if necessary over time.  It's cheaper (still expensive but no  where near as bad) and it produces almost no nuclear waste compared to older systems. 

It's clean and doesn't require a lake to cool it. It can be deployed anywhere. 

And yet... despite being almost the perfect renewable environmentally safe  power source.... the left is going to hate it.  Because the LAST thing they need is to actually SOLVE a problem. 

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1 hour ago, herbie said:

Yeah let's adopt the most expensive, longest to implement form of electrical generation and pretend like it will fix everything by tomorrow morning.

Is tomorrow morning when things need to be fixed by?

 

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17 hours ago, CdnFox said:

LOL, well in fairness gatomontes you DID ask :)  

Herbie's problem is that if you ACTUALLY solve the problem of creating energy without global warming then he won't have anything to cry about as he rends his garments :) 

Canada is about to bring its very first SMRs online.  This is a truly next generation tech and canada is in the lead when it comes to design. We also have a lot of  the nuclear material necessary to build reactors. So this is good news for us. 

The new tech solves almost all the problems of older tech. It CANNOT have a runway meltdown (where as the old tech needed lots of safety systems to prevent it),  you have small clusters so ite easy to take one offline for repairs while the others continue to produce power, it's easy to add to the cluster if necessary over time.  It's cheaper (still expensive but no  where near as bad) and it produces almost no nuclear waste compared to older systems. 

It's clean and doesn't require a lake to cool it. It can be deployed anywhere. 

And yet... despite being almost the perfect renewable environmentally safe  power source.... the left is going to hate it.  Because the LAST thing they need is to actually SOLVE a problem. 

"The Left is going to hate" YOUR STRAWMAN, because you've made huge mistakes; and the first one is NO EVIDENCE for your CLAIMS CdnLIAR. In REALITY:

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Small modular reactors (SMRs) have several disadvantages, including:
  • Cost
    SMRs can be expensive, with estimates ranging from $50 million for microreactors to $3 billion for larger units. Their smaller size means they lack the economies of scale that larger reactors have, and their lower power output can lead to higher costs per unit of electricity generated. 
     
  • Waste
    SMRs produce more radioactive waste per gigawatt of capacity than conventional nuclear power plants. The spent fuel from SMRs remains dangerously radioactive for thousands of years. 
     
  • Safety
    SMRs have passive cooling systems that rely on natural convection and gravity, but these systems can be unreliable. For example, environmental factors like earthquakes, flooding, and wildfires could degrade the conditions in which the reactors operate, or manufacturing defects could prevent the systems from working properly. SMRs also lack the thick concrete walls of traditional nuclear power plants, which could make them more vulnerable to damage in natural disasters. 
     
  • Security
    Establishing a fleet of smaller, more dispersed nuclear installations could lead to more security problems. 
     
  • Development
    SMRs are still a novel technology, and there are many unknowns and challenges to overcome. For example, it's difficult to have confidence in production times, learning rates, and cost reductions when there are so few reactors currently operating. 

 

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25 minutes ago, robosmith said:

"The Left is going to hate" YOUR STRAWMAN, because you've made huge mistakes; and the first one is NO EVIDENCE for your CLAIMS CdnLIAR. In REALITY:

 

Should I tell him that Obama funded the design of these things?

https://moenergyfuture.org/news/obama-administration-announces-450-million-to-design-and-commercialize-u-s-small-modular-nuclear-reactors/

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On 5/23/2025 at 12:05 PM, gatomontes99 said:

Trump just signed an EO that will increase the number of nuclear plants. This is a very big deal that should be bipartisan. So how will the left oppose more cheap, no emission power?

It's about time. I was hoping this would've been one of the first things he did. Right after deporting illegal aliens. 

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7 hours ago, robosmith said:

"The Left is going to hate" YOUR STRAWMAN, because you've made huge mistakes; and the first one is NO EVIDENCE for your CLAIMS CdnLIAR. In REALITY:

 

What?  That mad no sense.  You're not supposed to be drinking while you're posting,

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7 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

I think the SMR's will produce less heat than his head if you do ;)  We'll have to start calling him Robochernobyl 

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