@npr @u-s-news-npr
A view on next-gen nuclear reactors from Idaho, proposed to meet rising demand with low carbon emissions.
☢️ the catch:
⚠️ security ( #ThreeMileIsland #sl1 #mayak #chernobyl #fukushima )
⚠️ radioactive waste management (unsolved safe storage for 10,000s of generations)
The report doesn’t say how micro reactors would solve these?
“Going small and local” as PR to a favorable public opinion on nuclear energy, stalling out for decades in the US.