Sumary of Advanced nuclear reactors no safer than conventional nuclear plants, says science group:
- Nuclear power reactors that Washington believes could help fight climate change often present greater proliferation risks than conventional nuclear power, a science advocacy group said on Thursday…
- President Joe Biden, a Democrat, has made curbing climate change one of the pillars of his administration and has supported research and development for advanced nuclear technologies…
- Department of Energy, awarded $80 million each to TerraPower LLC and X-energy to build reactors it said would be operational in seven years…
- Unlike conventional reactors that are cooled with water, advanced reactors are cooled with other materials like molten salt, and are generally far smaller…
- “In many cases, they are worse with regard to … safety, and the potential for severe accidents and potential nuclear proliferation,”…