How solar is beating all small modular reactor metrics

Three years ago, small modular reactors looked finished.

NuScale’s flagship project collapsed under massive cost overruns, and the customers walked. These reactors are promising, but unproven.

Now nuclear energy is having its best year in decades. New projects are breaking ground for the first time in a decade, and the U.S. federal government has made $900 million available to back small modular reactors.

So is this really the year small nuclear finally works? Or are we just watching the same expensive promises dressed up in new headlines?

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Derick Lila

As a solar-savvy storyteller blending newsroom precision with LinkedIn charisma, Derick is where cleantech meets clarity. He is a Clark University graduate—and Fulbright alumni with a Master's Degree in Environmental Science, and Policy. He has over a decade of solar industry research, marketing, and content strategy experience.