Funny you mention economies of scale because the whole idea of building many, smaller, identical reactors is essentially leveraging economies of scale in manufa

Funny you mention economies of scale because the whole idea of building many, smaller, identical reactors is essentially leveraging economies of scale in manufacturing. One of the reasons nuclear power is so unpalatable to build is that each plant is a 100% bespoke, one-off build that is insanely expensive and takes decades to pay off through profits. If you could make one design, and create the tooling (and licensing/safety requirements), you could essentially build an endless number of them as long as you could guarantee the process is repeatable. It's basically DevOps for nuclear reactors.