Next-generation nuclear reactors may not be safer: French watchdog

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11. Your timeline is off

Also note the timeframe for potential deployment of a PROTOTYPE of this most advanced of the GenIV reactors is sometime within the next 35 years.

Astrid is expected to reach approval milestones in the next few years with a realistic completion date around 2025. The 35-year timeframe was an estimate for France to replace half of their current nuclear capacity with the technology.

And, of course, the Russians' latest design reached criticality over a year ago.

It's obvious to anyone outside the nuclear industry bubble that this line of research is a waste of resources if addressing climate is the goal you are pursuing.

Actually... it's obvious to most that we'll be generating electricity for centuries to come (absent GG's any-second-now global doom). Most of our existing generation capacity of all types (including almost all current solar/wind capacity) will be gone in 2050. It makes all the sense in the world to have long-term plans in place.

There is still no answer for the drawbacks of using sodium.

Little bit of FUD there. High-pressure live steam is pretty dangerous too.