Scale Traps: A Critical Audit of the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Concept

The claimed advantages of the concept include a low entry threshold for investors, high deployment speed, flexibility of deployment in remote areas, and unprecedented scalability.11 However a detailed techno-political audit shows that this marketing narrative contains fundamental vulnerabilities. When confronted with the realities of society's socio-economic expectations, the laws of physics, systemic economics, and the psychology of risk perception, the MMR concept reveals hidden threats. The emphasis on low power without conducting a critical, comprehensive audit can destroy the fragile public consensus around nuclear energy, lead to colossal financial losses, and, ultimately, provoke the loss of national technological sovereignty.12
This directive represents a comprehensive, multi-level analysis of the socio-economic, psychological, and geopolitical risks associated with the integration of MMR into national energy strategies, and formulates concrete governance mechanisms to mitigate them.