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The Department of Energy will have an operational next-generation small modular reactor running at the Idaho National Laboratory by July 2026.
What happened: The primary next-generation small modular reactor project planned for the Idaho National Laboratory (NuScale's Carbon Free Power Project) was canceled in November 2023 due to rising costs and insufficient subscriber interest, making it impossible for an operational SMR to be running there by July 2026.
Verify at source ↗And China doesn't believe it for a moment.
I hate to say it, but just more rational. You know, China is, they're worried about if nuclear accident happens and it injures people, makes them sick, then they're going to look bad. That's going to kill them. But their design criterion are just for human safety, not for getting the environmental groups off them or doubling down because someone else will be mad at them. So they're just pragmatic. They're building reactors faster and therefore cheaper, and they've got 20 plus under construction