DOE Funds 2022 First Demo for Factory Mass Producible Nuclear Power:
"The late 2020’s could see the start of a new age of factory mass produced
nuclear power. The DOE is putting most of its first of its kind funding ($13 million
out of $19 million) for advanced nuclear power research into the Westinghouse 25
MWe eVinci nuclear reactor. The funding will prepare Westinghouse’s 25-MWe
eVinci micro-reactor for nuclear demonstration readiness by 2022.
The eVinci will be mostly solid-state with very few moving parts. It will be using
many heat pipes to transfer heat instead of water or steam. Eventually, these
microreactor modules will be made in one month in a factory. They could be
produced like airplane engines by the thousands. They will be walk-away safe and
operate more efficiently and at lower-cost than existing nuclear reactors. They are
targeting $2 per watt of electricity which means a cost of $20 million for a 10 MWe
reactor that fits on truck. A 25 MWe nuclear reactor would cost $50 million. Forty
such microreactors would be equal to a Gigawatt reactor and cost $2 billion. This is
four times cheaper than current western nuclear reactors and as cheap as natural
gas."
See:
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/0...ear-power.html