I teach a course to 200 thermodynamics students, and you can't beat thermodynamics. I would say that some of the reactors, like the one Global First Power is proposing to develop in Canada, actually use a gas cooling system and an energy storage system that is really unique. We haven't had anything like that before whereby we can harvest the energy from the reactor, store it for times when there's peak, and then harvest the energy out. It may not be beating thermodynamics, but it is making sure that we're getting the energy on the timelines we need it.
Those are the exciting things that are happening in SMRs. That's what gets my students moving. They enjoy seeing new applications and changing the paradigm from just producing electricity to producing heat, storing heat, moving heat around, and then taking it out when you need it.