{"id":108110,"date":"2020-02-09T20:27:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T17:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/?p=108110"},"modified":"2020-02-09T20:35:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T17:35:43","slug":"rolls-royce-gelecegi-mini-nukleer-reaktorlerde-goruyor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/rolls-royce-gelecegi-mini-nukleer-reaktorlerde-goruyor\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls-Royce Plans Mini Nuclear Reactors by 2029"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mini nuclear reactors could be generating power in the UK by the end of the decade. Manufacturer Rolls-Royce has told the BBC’s Today programme that it plans to install and operate factory-built power stations by 2029.<\/h1>\n

Mini nuclear stations<\/strong> can be mass manufactured and delivered in chunks<\/strong> on the back of a lorry, \"\"which makes costs more predictable.\u00a0But opponents<\/strong> say the UK should quit<\/strong> nuclear power altogether. They say the country should concentrate<\/strong> on cheaper renewable energy\u00a0<\/strong>instead.\u00a0Environmentalists<\/strong> are divided over nuclear power, with some maintaining it is dangerous and expensive, while others say that to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 all technologies<\/strong> are needed.<\/p>\n

However, the industry<\/strong> is confident that mini reactors<\/strong> can compete on price with low-cost renewables<\/strong> such as offshore wind<\/strong>. Rolls-Royce is leading a consortium to build small modular reactors (SMRs)<\/strong> and install them in former nuclear sites in Cumbria<\/strong> or in Wales<\/strong>. Ultimately, the company thinks it will build between 10 and 15<\/strong> of the stations in the UK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They are about 1.5 acres<\/strong> in size – sitting in a 10-acre<\/strong> space. That is a 16th<\/strong> of the size of a major power station<\/strong> such as Hinkley Point<\/strong>. SMRs<\/strong> are so small that theoretically every town could have its own reactor – but using existing sites<\/strong> avoids the huge problem of how to secure them against terrorist attacks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mini nuclear reactors could be generating power in the UK by the end of the decade. Manufacturer Rolls-Royce has told the BBC’s Today programme that it plans to install and operate factory-built power stations by 2029. Mini nuclear stations can be mass manufactured and delivered in chunks on the back of a lorry, which makes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51,53,43],"tags":[66699,66692,43643,66265,52674,41253,66267,52259,66698,66695,66693,66690,36443,42852,66701,66702,46158,53348,42363,43093,66691,66703,66696,11369,66694,66700,50033,66697,66704],"views":188,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108115,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108110\/revisions\/108115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}