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On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 17:12:34 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

>    A key part of "SMR" is *Small* ... but if you want to power up half a
>    STATE then "small" isn't how to do it.
> 
>    Or do you propose Edison's vision of a power plant on every block ?

That will never happen but it would solve a lot of distribution problems. 
At least in the US new HV transmission lines are as popular as herpes only 
matches by the NIMBY distaste for nuclear plants. 

It would also solve the single point of failure problem. Many post-
apocalyptic novels correctly point out the lead times for new switch gear 
if it's destroyed in some sort of Carrington event, assuming the gear can 
even be manufactured.