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I do not rule out the prospect that small modular nuclear units will become feasible, but they do not exist today, and it will be more than a decade before any are expected to be operational. The estimated cost is more that twice the cost of solar, wind, and batteries to deliver the same level of power supply and system reliability.
Bill Gates' firm, Terrapower, is indeed actively pursuing a Wyoming site, but they are nowhere close to "building" a unit there. Their design has not even been submitted for approval to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A different company, NuScale, is closer to starting construction at an Idaho site, but their costs have soared, and many of the utilities expected to buy the power are reconsidering.
Nuclear power has something in common with wind and solar: much of the power is produced at times when it is not needed. For this reason, utilities across the country have built big "pumped hydro" facilities to take power from nuclear plants during nights and weekends, when power demand is lower, and store it for use in early morning and late afternoon hours, when power is needed. The same kinds of storage "batteries" can be used for storing power from wind and solar, which is MUCH cheaper than new nuclear plant power.
The base model F-150 Lightning DOES NOT include the jobsite power supply functions; that is in the much more expensive versions of the truck. And Ford has increased the base price for the Lightning from $39,000 up to $55,974. And good luck finding one of those: the cheapest F150 Lightning listed in Western Washington on cars.com is $73,109, up in Bellingham.
The Pacific Northwest is in the best position of any part of the US to adapt to a 100% renewable energy power supply. We have the largest "batteries" in the US, in the form of Grand Coulee Dam and other hydro reservoirs. When the sun is shining, we can use solar power; when the wind is blowing, we can use wind power. When neither is available, which is only a small percent of the time, we can rely on power from the hydro system storage reservoirs.
Yes, small modular nuclear may have a place in the future energy choir. But it will not be a big part of the solution, and it will definitely be very expensive. Best to start with cheap energy efficiency measures, cheap wind, cheap solar, and careful use of the existing hydro system reservoirs.
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