Canada needs to embrace more fully small modular reactors (SMRs), the newest innovation in nuclear design, if it is to have realistic hope of meeting its net-zero greenhouse gas emission goals by 2050, a new report says.
In Power When You Need It: The Case for Small Nuclear Reactors, authors John Richards and Christopher Mabry offer a detailed survey of projections of global and Canadian electricity demand, the costs and flexibility of each green technology.
They come to the conclusion that Canada needs to hedge its big bet on solar and wind power by adding SMRs to its electricity mix.
In Power When You Need It: The Case for Small Nuclear Reactors, authors John Richards and Christopher Mabry offer a detailed survey of projections of global and Canadian electricity demand, the costs and flexibility of each green technology.
They come to the conclusion that Canada needs to hedge its big bet on solar and wind power by adding SMRs to its electricity mix.
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