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SMR Nuclear Desalination Freshwater Arbitrage.

Diagnoses the capital requirements of using continuous baseload Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to boil ocean water via Reverse Osmosis, solving local agriculture drought crises.

## The Saudi Arabian Engine

There is no shortage of water on Earth; there is only a shortage of energy to separate the salt from the ocean. Desalination requires monstrous amounts of electricity to force seawater through micro-pore filters (Reverse Osmosis), or massive amounts of heat to literally boil millions of gallons of seawater into steam so it condenses as freshwater.

### FAQ

**Q: Why don't drought-stricken places like California just build Nuclear Desalination plants?**
A: Capital Expenditures (CapEx) and Politics. Combining a nuclear fission reactor with a desalination plant is a miracle of physics. A 200 Megawatt Small Modular Reactor (SMR) can generate enough waste heat and electricity to purify 200 million cubic meters of freshwater a year, running continuously 24/7 without wind or solar intermittency issues. Saudi Arabia and the UAE use this method extensively. However, building a nuclear reactor in the United States costs almost $1 Billion and takes 10 years of NRC regulatory approvals due to political anxiety.