Scott Nolan
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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But the idea of modular there is, hey, we bring in the reactor core.
And then separately, we'll bring in maybe the cooling loop.
And separately, we'll bring in the turbines.
And we'll plug it all together there.
But we can keep it pretty simple versus one big integrated thing.
So once you go to the traditional style of a gigawatt scale reactor, it's a lot more complicated.
You're doing a lot more assembly and construction on site in an integrated way, which is much more complicated.
still has merit because the amount of power you're getting out of that is a gigawatt plus.
And so the payoff is pretty big.
And so if we can get good at those construction projects, that's a viable path too.
So people ask me, which one do you think wins?
Which reactor wins?
I think these are three pretty different segments where the really big reactors, that's straight onto the grid.
You're competing at grid scale, grid energy costs.
You have to hit really low cost.
Middle end of the spectrum,
It's about speed and about, yeah, how fast can we build this construction project?
This can't be a 10 year project.
It has to be a five year project or less.
We need energy now and we need it.