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Small modular nuclear reactor that was hailed by Coalition as future cancelled due to rising costs (www.theguardian.com)
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So, it appears the first SMR project in the US was scrapped due to rising costs.

An Aussie SMR would take 10-15 years before even being online and we'd be the guinea pigs.

Perhaps it's time to pivot to technology already available and that can be implemented in the short term?

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