"Dean Hoffman" wrote in message
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On Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 9:55:32 AM UTC-6, bruce bowser wrote:

"Nuclear power provides about 11% of Texas electricity. But one of two
reactors at the South Texas Project nuclear plant tripped offline on
Monday. It was a big plant to lose, costing the state 1.3 gigawatts of
power generation, about a quarter of its total nuclear capacity. The cold
weather caused a false signal to shut down a feedwater intake, tripping a
pump offline and then the entire generating unit."

What happened to the mini sized reactors that were
supposed to be built for electrical power years ago?

Rolls Royce is still trying to go that route and has
a decent chance of getting somewhere given that
they have done small ones for submarines etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...eactor_designs

Tree huggers, terrorists, cost, something else??

Its harder to get those approved.