Small Modular NUCLEAR Reactors. Climate Solution or Costly Distraction?

Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) really moving toward large-scale deployment or are the economic challenges highlighted by critics still unresolved? Can factory-built modular reactors reduce construction risk, shorten build times and lower costs through mass production? Or will shrinking reactors actually make them more expensive? The sceptics are quite certain of the answer but politicians keep barrelling ahead. So, will we ever really see an SMRs on the outskirts of major towns and cities around the world? Help support this channel's independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Get your tickets for the Everything Electric NORTH show here https://tickets.lupevents.co.uk/everything-electric-north?cat=CAT-REGISTRATION Reference Links Kim & McFarlane - Challenges of small modular reactors https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149197025003877 Michael Barnard articles about SMR technology - https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/28/nuclear-scaling-requires-discipline-smrs-deliver-fragmentation/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/28/shoveling-money-into-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-wont-make-their-electricity-cheap/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/30/what-drives-this-madness-on-small-modular-nuclear-reactors/ https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/03/small-modular-nuclear-reactors-are-mostly-bad-policy/ Paul Martin series on industrial scaling and SMRs https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/scaling-examples-pt-1-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-smnrs-martin/ Previous JHAT videos about SMRs 2020 https://youtu.be/yofGtxEgpI8 2022 https://youtu.be/WQ3DvcXd3mM 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr1ecjYFYTo Nuclear costs 2009 to 2020 https://alivetoearth.org/the-7-pros-and-cons-of-nuclear-energy Copenhagen Atomics https://www.copenhagenatomics.com/technology/ NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. https://nanonuclearenergy.com/microreactors/ World Nuclear Association - global SMR map https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-power-reactors/small-modular-reactors/small-modular-reactor-smr-global-tracker Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Dr Gilbz youtube.com/@DrGilbz zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Sarah Karvner: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ