In a major setback last week, the first serious effort to build small reactors in the United States was abruptly canceled amid soaring costs. While other projects are still moving forward, the industry has consistently struggled to build plants on time and on budget.
The headline kind of buries the lede, which is that they’re coming in at such high prices that none are actually getting built
That’s the problem. SMRs will be essential in fighting climate change, but as has been said before;
You cannot fix problems caused by capitalism with more capitalism.
yeah, but couldn’t we use capitalism to get out of this mess? it’s guaranteed to turn a profit ya know
they should be subsidized to cover high cost