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Curious on your thoughts about feasibility of manufacturing compact reactors on floating barges in ship yards and floating to where needed to plug into grid (mo
by karanbhangui 7y ago
Curious on your thoughts about feasibility of manufacturing compact reactors on floating barges in ship yards and floating to where needed to plug into grid (most populations are coastal). Idea would be to solve for political risk/perception in that it can be unplugged and floated away in case of meltdown.
- acidburnNSA 7y agoIs this a plant question? I am in the middle of writing a page explaining that is the best and greatest idea in the history of nuclear reactor development. It was seriously considered and big money was spent on it in the 1970s for the Atlantic Generating Station. A production facility was made. Thousands of studies of wildlife were done. An environmental impact statement was approved by the NRC. The coast guard signed off on it. It is amazing. But demand leveled off after the oil shocks and they were never built. To rapidly decarbonize this is simply one of the most enticing ideas out there.
- karanbhangui 7y agoPlease keep me posted on the page you're writing, email in profile. It's a fascination I've had since highschool after visiting an aircraft carrier in San Diego. Almost went to school for nuclear engineering but studied ECE instead.
- acidburnNSA 7y agoSent it to you last night