Nuclear power’s big new idea is really … small

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By Nathanael JohnsonSep 8, 2020, 3:57 am184 pts
Nuclear power, as a rule, is big. Big structures. Big budgets. Producing a big stream of electrons. In the past, it required big government to pull it off. Nuclear has been most successful when it’s had a patron like the U.S. Navy, France’s strong centralized government, or China to clear away any…

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