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Nuclear the clear choice
With strong government and public support for nuclear
coupled with a strong growth forecast along with converting
the existing demand to clean energy, the market requires large
scale expansion of clean energy. The U.S. DOE Liftoff Report
provides a telling comparison of technologies showing a clear
advantage for nuclear as the obvious choice for clean energy.
Low
High
Clean?
Firm?
Low lan use?
Low
transmiss
buildout?
Concentration
local economic
bene昀椀ts?
Additional
applications?1
Cost
competitve
today?
Nuclear
Hydropower
Geothermal
Traditional Large Nuclear
Renewable + storage2
Renewable: o昀昀shore
Renewable: onshore
Natural gas + CCS
Coal + CCS
Natural gas
1. Additional applications include clean hydrogen generation, industrial process heat, desalination of water, district heating, o昀昀-grid power, and craft propulsion and power
2. Renewables + storage includes renewables coupled with long duration energy storage or renewables coupled with hydrogen storage
Source: https://lifto昀昀.energy.gov/advanced-nuclear/
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Large, light water reactors, like those that are in service today
are sized over 1GW can and will bring significant clean energy
capacity to the grid. However, the primary use case for large
nuclear is to power the established grid, which does not address
the many use cases required for decarbonization.
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