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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is good in terms of carbon offset (better then fossil fuels); however, small form nuclear reactors create more, (currently) unmitigatable, nuclear waste. IMO it's good stop gap, but hardly sustainable. The spent fuel rods, iirc, aren't able to be refurbished/re-used so they'll have to be securely stored somewhere for thousands of years until they're safe to dispose of regularly.

https://news.stanford.edu/2022/05/30/small-modular-reactors-produce-high-levels-nuclear-waste/

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2111833119

https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/02/nuclear_reactors_waste/

Sabine Hossenfelder - Nuclear waste is not the problem you've been made to believe it is

Sabine Hossenfelder - Is Nuclear Power Green?

Elina Charatsidou - Nuclear Physicist REACTS to Sabine Hossenfelder Is Nuclear Power Green?

*I hope this is small (ha) step to procuring funding for a larger reactor or four.