According to Jon Ball, vice-president of the US energy giant GE Hitachi's nuclear power plant projects, a small modular reactor could be built in Estonia for around a billion dollars (over 900 million euros), which would be cost competitive with natural gas and renewable energy. In cooperation with Fermi Energy, the possibility of locating the reactor in Estonia is being explored, and Ball says it would be so safe that he would put one in his backyard, writes Postimees.
For many Estonians, it is the Chornobyl disaster that is associated with the nuclear power plant. How can we convince people that it is completely safe?
Based on my knowledge of the Chernobyl accident and the US BWR technologies, I can say that such an accident simply cannot happen with a BWRX-300 reactor.
How competitive is nuclear energy compared to fossil fuel-based electricity generation?
Nuclear is a clean energy source and we believe that, together with wind and solar, it will play an important role in achieving Europe's and the world's carbon reduction targets. So to achieve climate neutrality, all three energy sources are needed.
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