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Coal-To-Nuclear / Reuse Of Infrastructure Can Cut SMR Construction Costs By 35%, Report Says

By David Dalton
29 March 2023

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Reuse Of Infrastructure Can Cut SMR Construction Costs By 35%, Report Says
A coal plant in the US state of Georgia. Courtesy Sam Nash/Wikipedia.
Nearly one-fourth of the current US coal-fired fleet is scheduled to retire by 2029, providing opportunities to use existing infrastructure for small modular reactors and reduce construction costs by 17% to 35%, a Washington DC think tank said in a report.

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