Gurley reports NRC charges SMR startups $60 million in fees just to reach first approval.
“the regulatory commission here in The U. S. Is fee based and all the people that are playing in this market, I've talked to say you're probably 60,000,000 to first approval, just on fees”
Gurley says hyperscalers as nuclear customers may be 10x better than utilities, bringing more risk-tolerant innovators to SMR market.
“if the hyperscalers become part of the customer set for the nuclear startups that may be like 10x better than selling just to utilities alone.”