> ...commodity reactors would be a far cheaper approach in the end. I've read claims that in the US, unfortunately there are no commodity reactors, with commen

> ...commodity reactors would be a far cheaper approach in the end. I've read claims that in the US, unfortunately there are no commodity reactors, with commensurately commodity costs in licensing, environmental and regulatory approvals. Each reactor is effectively a one-off effort, with a minority of transferable capital equipment, skills, etc. I've also read that France's reactors are far more uniform, and they reap many benefits from it. I wish more research and engineering could be justified into ultra-small reactors like described in this Quora response [1]. Not really sure what he meant by a magneto-hydrodynamic power conversion because I didn't picture a conductive fluid involved from his description, but I wonder if the reaction can be scaled down even smaller than the proposed 100 GJ burst (I somehow suspect battery chemistries don't take kindly to those scales of bursts). [1] https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-micro-nuclear-reactor-that-can-power-up-a-house-for-entire-life-time https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-micro-nuclear-reactor-that-...