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Elizabeth May Green
“Small modular nuclear reactors do not work commercially anywhere in the industrialized world yet. They are too expensive and have too many problems. If we want cheap and reliable power quickly, we should build wind and solar power with battery backup instead.”
“Mr. Speaker, I love agreeing with the member for Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong. Unfortunately, this will not be one of those occasions. What we do not have, as she described it, is “our” small modular reactors. There is not one in commercial operation anywhere in the industrialized world. There may be one in China, but it is hard to verify. It is a future technology with lots of issues attached to it, including very high expense. If we want the cheapest, most reliable electricity, the very fastest we can get it, we would be rolling out solar and wind as fast as we could, with battery storage backup.”
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Mr. Speaker, I love agreeing with the member for Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong. Unfortunately, this will not be one of those occasions. What we do not have, as she described it, is “our” small modular reactors. There is not one in commercial operation anywhere in the industrialized world. There may be one in China, but it is hard to verify. It is a future technology with lots of issues attached to it, including very high expense. If we want the cheapest, most reliable electricity, the very fastest we can get it, we would be rolling out solar and wind as fast as we could, with battery storage backup.