 What SMRs are actually the key to are the door of the nuclear weapons industry, and especially the nuclear navy, who can't live without the supply chain of technical know-how from the civil sector. On the positive side, despite the continued bluster about restarting the closed Palisades, Michigan nuclear reactor that was shut down almost two years ago, there is growing skepticism that this will be technically feasible, no matter how much money the state and federal government pour into trying.