Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor. Energy Revolution or delusional distraction?

Nuclear power has been around for decades but it's never achieved the global dominance of the energy sector that its creators envisioned. Now, as the world moves away from fossil fuels, the nuclear debate is firmly back in focus and Small Modular Reactors are being touted as the only zero carbon baseload solution to our climate crisis. Rolls Royce say they'll have their design operational within ten years. Can they do it, and do we want it? Video Transcripts available at our website http://www.justhaveathink.com Help support this channels independence at   / justhaveathink   Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhave... Interested in mastering and remembering the concepts that I present in my videos? Check out the FREE Dive Deeper mini-courses offered by the Center for Behavior and Climate. These mini-courses teach the main concepts in select JHAT videos and go beyond to help you learn additional scientific or conservation concepts. The courses are great for teachers to use or for individual learning.https://climatechange.behaviordevelop... Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators zentouro:    / zentouro   Climate Adam:    / climateadam   Kurtis Baute:    / scopeofscience   Levi Hildebrand:    / the100lh   Simon Clark:    / simonoxfphys   Sarah Karvner:    / @sarahkarver   ClimateTown:    / @climatetown   Jack Harries:    / jacksgap   Beckisphere:    / @beckisphere   Our Changing Climate :    / @ourchangingclimate   Research Links Just Have a Think Videos on Nuclear Power Thorium Molten Salt Reactors    • Thorium. Is it the future of clean energy?   SMR technology explained    • Small Modular Reactors. Are they now unavo...   Nuclear Fusion    • Nuclear Fusion:  Revolutionary new breakth...   Other Research Rolls Royce https://www.rolls-royce.com/innovatio... https://www.rolls-royce.com/~/media/F... BBC Article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-5... Michael Barnard Article in Clean Technica https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/03/... Lazard LCOE Charts https://www.lazard.com/media/451086/l... Our World in Data - Nuclear Safety https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-en... What is SMR? https://www.twi-global.com/technical-... IAEA - Nuclear Waste https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/...