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Small modular nuclear reactors were supposed to make nuclear power cheaper and faster to build. Governments from the US to the UK are now pouring billions into them. At the same time, one startup after another is going bankrupt. What’s going on? Let’s take a look.
Paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76077-3
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