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This article on #SmallNuclearReactors (or #SmallModularReactors #SMR) bears some striking similarities to the #AIHype:

"This vision never materialized. No turnkey reactors were carted cross-country or floated up rivers. Then, as earlier, they were deemed too expensive.

[...] Once again, we see history repeating itself in today’s claims for small reactors—that the demand will be large, that they will be cheap and quick to construct.

[...] In fact, the record is pretty clear: Without exception, small reactors cost too much for the little electricity they produced [...]"

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-forgotten-history-of-small-nuclear-reactors

Current #AIModels easily cost twice their revenue. But not only training, also the sheer operation is becoming more and more expensive when usage grows. The way these (so called) businesses are run can not be sustained.

There is an irony in bringing up the obsolete small reactor idea every now and then for this deeply flawed technology.

#AIBubble #GenerativeAI #AISlop #LLM

TVA and ENTRA1 to build modular nuclear reactors https://www.byteseu.com/1350331/ #AdvancedNuclearTechnology #ENTRA1EnergyPartnership #ModularNuclearReactors #Nuclear #NuclearEnergySecurity #NuclearPlantConstruction #NuclearPowerExpansion #NuScalePowerModules #PassiveCoolingSystems #PublicPrivatePartnerships #SmallNuclearReactors #TennesseeValleyAuthority #TVANuclearAgreement #USEnergyPolicy #USNuclearRegulatoryCommission #USNuclearRenaissance

@johnquiggin NuScale Power has scammed hundreds of millions of dollars from a range of government and private funding groups.
They're the darlings of pro-nuclear techbos and other gullible fools who put their wishful thinking and hatred of cost-effective genuine renewable energy ahead of reality.
Recently, NuScale Power made an incredibly dodgy financial manoeuvre (special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC)) to get listed in the stock exchange. This will perpetuate the grift and make some of the founders rich, but get them no closer to making the AM/FM step (Actual Machines vs Fucking Magic).

NuScale Power is touted by RWNJs such as the LNP in Australia as the future of energy production because they cannot stomach the idea of renewables.

There's one more important thing you need to know about NuScale's SMR: the project is dead.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/09/small-modular-nuclear-reactor-that-was-hailed-by-coalition-as-future-cancelled-due-to-rising-costs

#NuclearPower #SmallNuclearReactors #SMR #Renewables #AusPol #NuScale #NuScalePower