There’s been a lot of talk about SMR’s over the years, it’s nice to see one finally being built.
Even if it comes in over budget, getting the first one done will be a great learning experience and could lead to figuring out how to do future ones cheaper.
Assuming it’s on time, completion in 2029, connected to grid in 2030.
Ah, I didn’t realize the CANDU’s were also manufactured at a factory unlike the bigger built in place ones.
I guess it’s just about getting them even smaller at that point, and the SMRs take up less land space as well.
A SMR-300 (maybe not this one specifically) can be as small as 3 hectares.
I don’t know if CANDUs have pre-made components, I was just talking about their output power. I don’t know exactly why it’s lower than other designs but I know there are some fundamental differences like CANDU burning unenriched uranium as opposed to almost all other designs. It also uses heavy water to make that possible compared to the rest. I assume the lower power output is related to these differences. Or it could be arbitrary. We need someone working on nukes at OPG or SNC-Lavalin to chime in. 😂
Oh sorry I googled CANDU to learn a bit more and saw that they were also made in a factory offsite.
I imagine that’s at least one of the reasons why its lower capacity per reactor. It can only be so big if built offsite.
So we had SMRs all along? I smell a grift. 😂
The CANDU still take a much larger space I guess due to the overall design. You can fit one of these SMRs in 10-15 acres.