> Today's nuclear plants are just big scaled-up versions of the Navy's original small reactors for ships This is true, and Perrow's book contains an interestin

> Today's nuclear plants are just big scaled-up versions of the Navy's original small reactors for ships This is true, and Perrow's book contains an interesting discussion of this. The Navy had requirements which are different from civilian power generation: they needed small and relatively lightweight reactors whose power output can be quickly adjusted, and where fuel can be replaced quickly. None of these requirements make sense for a stationary civilian power plant.