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Ontario set to begin construction of Canada's 1st mini nuclear power plant (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So we had SMRs all along? I smell a grift. 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

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.