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SMRs Are Solving the Wrong Grid Problem — and the Right One Simultaneously
7/31/2026
This Week in Voltage The same week Holtec announced it's targeting 2036 for four SMR-300 units at the retired Oyster Creek site in New Jersey — a 1,360 MW campus on land that already has transmission rights, cooling infrastructure, and a nuclear-trained workforce nearby — Antares…
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