Transportable Nuclear Energy: Can This Tiny Reactor Power Our Future?

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An American company has developed a new, transportable nuclear reactor. It's called eVinci, it's modular, can be swapped out like a battery, and is supposed to save 55,000 tons of CO2 per year. And I know: micro nuclear reactors have faced a lot of criticism in the past. But authorities in Canada and the US are already genuinely convinced by the concept. From Canada alone, the equivalent of about 53 million euros has been invested. Now, the first prototype is about to be tested. But is this reactor really worth it? This video was created by my editorial team. Responsible from the editorial team: Richard Kraft, Florian Krupka, Jacob Beautemps; Editing: Felix Bürkner, Aron Kamenz, Sören Rensch, Neo Sanjuan Thiele Sources: Source 1: https://westinghousenuclear.com/energy-systems/evinci-microreactor/ Source 2: https://interestingengineering.com/energy/evinci-milestone-microreactor-ready-for-testing Source 3: https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/news/first-canadian-evinci-microreactor-targeted-for-saskatchewan Source 4: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/what-nuclear-microreactor Source 5: https://inl.gov/trending-topics/microreactors/ Source 6: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-20-380sp.pdf Source 7: https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/nuclear-energy/small-modular-reactors/small-modular-reactors-explained_en Source 8: https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-are-small-modular-reactors-smrs Source 9: https://inl.gov/content/uploads/2023/06/18-50529_Reactor_types.pdf Source 10: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/infographic-what-nuclear-microreactor-0 Source 11: https://www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/iunr/oekotechnologien-energiesysteme/erneuerbare-energien/microgrids/ Source 12: https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/news/westinghouse-submits-preliminary-safety-design-report-to-site-evinci-test-reactor-at-idaho-national-laboratory Source 13: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/westinghouse-completes-study-first-evinci-microreactor-experiment Source 14: https://westinghousenuclear.com/data-sheet-library/evinci-microreactor-the-next-generation-nuclear-research-reactor/ Source 15: https://navigator-voyantstudios.com/evinci-solution.html Source 16: https://www.base.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/BASE/DE/fachinfo/fa/Abschlussbericht_neuartige_Reaktorkonzepte_2024.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=5 Source 17: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/triso-particles-most-robust-nuclear-fuel-earth Source 18: https://www.bluewaveailabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/eVinci-Micro-Reactor-NPJ-M-A-2019.pdf Source 19: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368703014_Comparative_Performance_Evaluation_of_Gas_Brayton_Cycle_for_Micro-Nuclear_Reactors Source 20: https://www.heatpipes.fraunhofer.de/de/funktionsweise.html Source 21: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112679 Source 22: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Thermodynamics/Thermodynamic_Cycles/Brayton_Cycle Source 23: https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2022.2118626 Source 24: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2024/Sep/IRENA_Renewable_power_generation_costs_in_2023.pdf Source 25: https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/ise/en/documents/publications/studies/EN2024_ISE_Study_Levelized_Cost_of_Electricity_Renewable_Energy_Technologies.pdf Source 26: https://phinizycenter.org/olympic-swimming-pools/ Source 27: https://nric.inl.gov/dome/ New science and technology videos every week! We show innovations that make our world better and point the way to our future. The videos are made in Germany, but the topics are from all over the world.