[New post] The only true purpose of small nuclear reactors- to promote the nuclear weapons industry, and hide its costs – theme for December 21

Christina Macpherson posted: " Small Nuclear Reactors – the Big New Way – to get the public to fund the nuclear weapons industry November 28, 2020 so-called "small nuclear reactors" Downing Street told the Financial Times, which it faithfully reported, that it wa" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on nuclear-news The only true purpose of small nuclear reactors- to promote the nuclear weapons industry, and hide its costs – theme for December 21 by Christina Macpherson Small Nuclear Reactors – the Big New Way – to get the public to fund the nuclear weapons industry November 28, 2020 so-called "small nuclear reactors" Downing Street told the Financial Times, which it faithfully reported, that it was "considering" £2 billion of taxpayers' money to support "small nuclear reactors" They are not small The first thing to know about these beasts is that they are not small. 440MW? The plant at Wylfa (Anglesey, north Wales) was 460MW (it's closed now). 440MW is bigger than all the Magnox type reactors except Wylfa and comparable to an Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor. Only if military needs are driving this decision is it explicable. "Clearly, the military need to maintain both reactor construction and operation skills and access to fissile materials will remain. I can well see the temptation for Defence Ministers to try to transfer this cost to civilian budgets,"  Any nation's defence budget in this day and age cannot afford a new generation of nuclear weapons. So it needs to pass the costs onto the energy sector. How the UK's secret defence policy is driving energy policy – with the public kept in the dark. https://www.thefifthestate.com.au/energy-lead/how-the-uks-secret-defence-policy-is-driving-energy-policy-with-the-public-kept-in-the-dark/ BY DAVID THORPE / 13 OCTOBER 2020 This free site is ad-supported. Learn more ​ Christina Macpherson | November 16, 2021 at 7:30 am | Categories: Christina's themes | URL: https://wp.me/phgse-Mh3 Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from nuclear-news. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://nuclear-news.net/2021/11/16/small-nuclear-reactors-have-only-one-real-purpose-to-promote-the-nuclear-weapons-industry-and-hide-its-costs/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com