Estimates of small modular reactor (SMR) costs should be treated with scepticism until the first few of the mini-nuclear power plants have been built, a leading energy academic has warned. Professor Jim Watson of University College London (UCL) sounded the warning during a House of Commons energy security and net zero committee meeting. He said while large scale nuclear reactors, like EDF’s Hinkley C project, are not going to be delivered “very quickly and will always be expensive, the true costs of building SMRs will only be realised after they starting being built.
Treat modular nuclear reactor costs with pinch of salt, warns academic
