'New' nuclear reactors? Same old story

The Ecologist
Apr 11, 2016, 11:22 am32 pts
The nuclear industry is forever reinventing itself with one brilliant 'new' idea after another, Amory Lovins wrote in this classic 2009 essay. But whether it's touting the wonders of future SMRs, IFRs or LFTRs, the reality never changes: the reactors they are building right now are over time, over budget and…

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