ETI assessment seems to say SMRs not needed if: (1) large nuclear succeeds (2) CCS is widely deployed soon (3) and large-scale biomass is sustainable. Chances of statements 1-3 all being true are almost zero.
@adamvaughan_uk Every FOAK project for *every* technology has a premium. What was the cost of the first offshore wind farms? The whole point of SMRs is there is much more potential for cost reductions through learning-by-doing than for large reactors.