The Coming Wave of New Nuclear Power

This is what we should be doing to reduce CO₂. Forcing the conversion of vehicles to electric power without the power generation infrastructure to support it is a recipe for disaster, IMHO. Wait until the first hurricane and the grid fails as everyone wants their cars charged at the same time.

Now they're going to spend billions of dollars installing charging stations everywhere, without the grid capacity to supply them....WTF half the charging stations don't work now...and there aren't that many...and I might add the ones that do work do not put out the amount of juice advertised, and cost keeps getting higher...How long before bars, prostitution and gambling is at every charging location...

"All 50 states get green light to build EV charging stations covering 75,000 miles of highways...

• The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday said it approved electric vehicle charging station plans for all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico covering roughly 75,000 miles of highways.
• Earlier this year, the Biden administration allocated $5 billion to states to fund EV chargers over five years along interstate highways as part of the bipartisan infrastructure package.
• States are now approved to build a network of EV charging stations along designated alternative fuel corridors on the national highway system and have access to more than $1.5 billion to help build the chargers."

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/27/ev-charging-stations-on-highways-dot-approves-50-states-plans.html

...and guess who gets the bill? We do, that's who...

Both you and your car can get juiced while you wait.

I think you are on to a new business model. "Hey, honey!! I'm going downtown to get the car charged. "

..."In May 2021, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission completed the first phase of the pre-licensing vendor design review for Moltex Energy's 300 MWe Stable Salt Reactor - Wasteburner (SSR-W 300) small modular reactor. The SSR-W is a molten salt reactor that uses nuclear waste as fuel. The company aims to deploy its first such reactor at the Point Lepreau site in New Brunswick by the early 2030s."...

..."Once online, the FLEX reactor can be operated with the same skills and equipment used in a fossil fuel plant. The reactor has no moving parts and is fuelled for 20 years at a time, meaning that there is very little operator input and very low ongoing costs.

Each reactor delivers 40 MW of thermal energy at 700°C. This heat is stored in MoltexFLEX's GridReserve thermal storage tanks, so that the power plant can deliver three times the power when renewables alone cannot meet the market need for electricity.

During longer periods of high renewable generation, the FLEX reactor can simply move passively into idle mode - producing just enough heat to keep the reactor at operating temperature.

MoltexFLEX estimates it would take just 24 months to build a 500 MW power plant. The company plans to have its first reactor operational by 2029.

"We recognized the need for an energy supply that can support renewables when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow," said MoltexFLEX CEO David Landon. "In the FLEX reactor, we have a solution for consumers and countries alike.

"The FLEX reactor provides the safety net of affordable domestic energy, but is versatile enough for applications ranging from decarbonizing heavy industry to powering cargo ships.""...

https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/MoltexFLEX-launches-flexibly-operated-molten-salt

(I did not have the patience to get all the way trough the video). Ok, I as consumer will contract you at a pre-determined price, the construction & operating risk is on you, as is the case increasingly with other electricity generators for example - we do want to be fair and consistent, don't we?

Sorry I didn't have the time to read your question all the way through, but you seem to be talking about legacy costs associated with these plants, this is all covered in the contract...

Nuclear Giant Westinghouse Acquired by Renewable Power Company and Uranium Fuel Supplier

https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-giant-westinghouse-acquired-by-renewable-power-company-and-uranium-fuel-supplier/?oly_enc_id=1249D9862912F8V

TVA developing plans for 20 small nuclear reactors to power Tennessee Valley by 2050...

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/oct/26/tva-developing-plans-tfp/#/questions

Utility Explores Converting Coal Plants into Nuclear Power...

..."Converting coal plants into nuclear energy enterprises is en vogue. A recent Department of Energy study found that siting advanced reactors at old coal sites can decrease costs by taking advantage of existing transmission and interconnection infrastructure (Energywire, Sept. 14)"...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/utility-explores-converting-coal-plants-into-nuclear-power/