Comments on: Nuclear startup NuScale finds a savior in Fluor

By: Maurice

Maurice — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:26:37 +0000

Dan and George, the author of this article made an error. NuScale has no plans to build plants at corporate sites such as office buildings and industrial operations. Nor does B&W or any other credible company. The idea is to build utility-scale power plants with the same type of siting and security as is used today for conventional nuclear power plants. The innovation is that NuScale plants will be built in a modular fashion, adding capacity as load grows, as opposed to the conventional idea of building and financing a huge plant all at one time.

By: George

George — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:21:50 +0000

I agree with Dan, this technology will never get of the ground. Corporations can not afford the negative side effects of using nuclear power on there premises. High insurance premiums and poor human morale at the office will reduce there profit margin at the end of the day. Brain power run corporations not ignorance! This is a bad investment!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:46:25 +0000

Great idea, let’s put a nuclear reactor in the basement you’d have to chain the employees to their desks to prevent them fleeing!. This just won’t fly, besides contamination and proliferation risks, I mean what is the fallout radius for a reactor like this? This is a dirty bomb just waiting to go off! Solar @$1.25 today will be $0.25 cents a watt by the time this technology is approved in 10 years if it ever is!