Sean Hagen Questions Findings on SMR's in Journal ‘Energy’ Study Featured in Fast Company Magazine
Washington D.C., November 5, 2023 – Global Energy Education TV (GEE TV at www.GEETV.net), an Internet TV Channel on the TV Worldwide Network announced the release of a video interview with Sean Hagen, Founder of the Global Energy Education Institute, regarding a recent study published in the Journal ‘Energy’ that was featured in an October Fast Company Magazine article. The Fast Company piece, written by author Kathiann M. Kowalski was entitled ‘As nuclear fuel plant opens in Ohio, can small reactors compete?’
In the article, Kowalski cites the study’s findings including the statement that, ‘Small modular reactors “seem to be non-competitive when compared to current costs for generating electricity from renewable energy sources,” the Energy study found.’
In this GEE TV interview, Hagen explains how this study finding cited in the article may be flawed because it compared the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) between SMR’s and renewables and the LCOE didn’t account for the int