Small modular reactors — a radioactive idea

By Helen Caldicott, Independent Australia, 27 September 2020 AUSTRALIAN politicians are contemplating developing nuclear power for this country. In their ignorance, they are mooting “small modular reactors” (SMRs) about which they clearly know little. To partly explain their enthusiasm here is the background story. The so-called “nuclear renaissance” died following the Fukushima catastrophe when one-sixth of the … Continue reading Small modular reactors — a radioactive idea