Small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) will be too expensive, slow, and risky to build in time to help decarbonize the grid over the next 10 to 15 years, but promoting them could “take resources away from carbon-free and lower-cost renewable technologies that are available today,” a new analysis warns.
SMRs Too Expensive, Too Slow to Meet Grid Decarbonization Deadline: IEEFA
