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Legislation seeking to spur development of small modular reactors moves ahead

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A package of legislation intended to spur the development of small modular nuclear reactors in Michigan while attracting workers in the nuclear field has been approved by a state House committee. State Representative Pauline Wendzel, chair of the House Energy Committee, tells us the package creates a research and development tax credit for SMRs. She says the committee vote this past week to advance the package was bipartisan. “We’ve got the grea…

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SMRs most expensive of all electricity technologies per kW generation

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are projected to be the most expensive source per kW of electricity generated when compared with natural gas, traditional nuclear and renewables. The post SMRs most expensive of all electricity technologies per kW generation appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

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Behind the hype -“New wave of smaller, cheaper nuclear reactors sends US states racing to attract the industry “

No modular reactors are operating in the U.S. and a project to build the first, this one in Idaho, was terminated in 2023, despite getting federal aid. The U.S. remains without a long-term solution for storing radioactive waste Nuclear also has competition from renewable energies. New wave of smaller, cheaper nuclear reactors sends US states racing to attract the industry, By ASSOCIATED PRESS, 29 March 2025 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/…

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