Small Modular Reactors (SMR) have been in development for years, but they're making a splash this week as first Google, and now Amazon, has announced they will deploy SMRs to power their data centres. "One of the fastest ways to address climate change is by transitioning our society to carbon-free energy sources, and nuclear energy is both carbon-free and able to scale." As I said earlier this week, I am supportive of the idea. Plans have been underway for the last couple of years for SMRs at Darlington in Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Alberta.
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