Holtec Has Just Solved Nuclear Energy’s Biggest Problem
Their SMR-160 is a revelation.
4 min readJan 20
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When you look at the data, nuclear power seems utterly extraordinary. Its carbon emissions are minuscule at 4g of carbon dioxide per kWh, the same level as solar power and significantly lower than the 6g per kWh for wind power. But it is also incredibly safe. Nuclear averages 90 deaths per TWh of energy produced, a…