{"id":116858,"date":"2020-12-09T00:26:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T08:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/small-modular-reactors-explained-nuclear-powers-future"},"modified":"2020-12-09T00:26:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T08:26:15","slug":"small-modular-reactors-explained-nuclear-powers-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/small-modular-reactors-explained-nuclear-powers-future","title":{"rendered":"Small Modular Reactors Explained \u2014 Nuclear Power\u2019s Future?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cbrT3m89Y3M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nuclear Power\u2019s Future? Get Surfshark VPN at <a href=\"https:\/\/surfshark.deals\/undecided\">https:\/\/surfshark.deals\/undecided<\/a> and enter promo code UNDECIDED for 84% off and 4 extra months for free! With the growing popularity of solar and wind, we sometimes forget another powerful low-carbon energy source: nuclear. It can be a divisive topic, but there\u2019s a really interesting alternative to building out massive, expensive nuclear plants that\u2019s worth talking about: Small Modular Reactors. What are they? What are the benefits? And do they really address the downsides of nuclear energy?<\/p>\n<p>\u25bb Watch Liquid Air Battery Explained \u2014 Rival to Lithium Ion Batteries? <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yb1Nuk3_t_4\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/yb1Nuk3_t_4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25bb Follow-up podcast episode: coming soon \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/stilltbdfm\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/stilltbdfm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bb Full script and citations: <a href=\"https:\/\/undecidedmf.com\/episodes\/2020\/12\/1\/small-modular-reactors-explained-nuclear-powers-future\">https:\/\/undecidedmf.com\/episodes\/2020\/12\/1\/small-modular-rea\u2026ers-future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 \u25b6 \u25b6 ADDITIONAL INFO \u25c0 \u25c0 \u25c0<\/p>\n<p>\u25bb Support us on Patreon!<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/small-modular-reactors-explained-nuclear-powers-future\">Continue reading \u201cSmall Modular Reactors Explained \u2014 Nuclear Power\u2019s Future?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuclear Power\u2019s Future? Get Surfshark VPN at https:\/\/surfshark.deals\/undecided and enter promo code UNDECIDED for 84% off and 4 extra months for free! With the growing popularity of solar and wind, we sometimes forget another powerful low-carbon energy source: nuclear. It can be a divisive topic, but there\u2019s a really interesting alternative to building out massive, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,873],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-nuclear-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}