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Sure you can reduce power production, just insert control rods, but that comes at a severe cost to efficiency, costs that at large scale become far more of a co
by notthemessiah 6y ago
Sure you can reduce power production, just insert control rods, but that comes at a severe cost to efficiency, costs that at large scale become far more of a concern, especially when nuclear is already nearly prohibitively expensive.
- bigbubba 6y agoIt's not just about control rods. Naval reactors also ramp up fast, which allows you to ramp them down more often without incurring long ramp-up periods. They're very good reactors, and the USN has a better safety record for running reactors than any other organization on the planet.