Posted on April 17, 2022 by beyondnuclearinternational

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Risks of rising costs, likely delays, and increasing competition cast doubt on long- running development effort

By  David Schlissel and Dennis Wamsted

In a new analysis, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis looked at NuScale’s proposed Small Modular Reactor, concluding that its costs will be far higher than NuScale predicts and that the reactor is fundamentally not needed. What follows are the Executive Summary and Conclusions sections of the report. The full report can be read and downloaded here.