Let's talk about reactor size.

Original 10/2014 post updated 03/2016

As far as I know none of the political parties have talked seriously about what type of nuclear power plant we should be building. They are out of step, considering yesteryear's technology.

The industry is seriously developing small modular reactors that could be built in a factory and transported to site. For example look at Nuscalepower. We seem to have a fetish for large reactors which are grossly inefficient because they produce poor steam conditions (temperature and pressure are too low) and send waste heat into the environment rather than using it for district heating.

Please can we talk about alternatives to these monsters? My second novel in the Buffalo Future series considers small local generation to be an excellent choice for power stations. It will be published in 2016.