Sovacool and Raman opined in 2015 that scientists and technologists associated with the nuclear industry are building support for small modular reactors (SMRs) by advancing five rhetorical[?] visions imbued[?] with elements of fantasy[?] that cater[?] to various social expectations[?]. [This is the beginning of an incredibly biased article full of misinformation, innuendoes, and falsehoods, even though it was published 2015.] The five visions are as follows:
1) a vision of risk-free energy [Never claimed, like those supporting wind and solar energy] would eliminate catastrophic accidents and meltdowns.[Gross exaggeration and misinformation] A vision of indigenous self-energization [What?] would see SMRs empowering remote communities and developing economies [True].
2) A vision of water security would see SMR-powered desalination plants satisfying the world’s water needs.[One step at a time]
3) A vision of environmental nirvana [What?] would see SMRs providing waste-free and carbon-free electricity to preserve the earth’s biosphere.[Maybe]
4) A vision of space exploration would see SMRs assisting in the colonization of the moon, Mars and possibly other worlds.[Certainly]
These visions help create a symbolic convergence among promoters [What? Try engineers and investors], serving to attract political and financial support, and erasing previous nuclear failures from public discourse.[More biased comments. Only one failure and that was caused by the Soviet Union] Moreover, underlying these visions is a technological utopian ideal world where SMRs would generate plentiful energy of multiple kinds (electricity and heat [and hydrogen and oxygen]), offering the necessary means for a life of comfort for all people by meeting various needs (lighting, temperature control, drinking water, and provision of scarce minerals) and without any environmental externalities or cause for concern about accidents.[Yes, That's the hope. Just based on reading the abstract, it is clear that the authors must be supporters of wind, solar, or some other form of energy in which they are clearly vested. The authors should be ashamed of themselves for expressing such blatant bias in the article].
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