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My guess is the NRC likes PWRs and anyone outside of that design space has a huge hurdle, even though PWRs IMHO have inherently dangerous failure modes that oth
by cromwellian 5y ago
My guess is the NRC likes PWRs and anyone outside of that design space has a huge hurdle, even though PWRs IMHO have inherently dangerous failure modes that other reactor types (molten salt, pebble bed, etc) don't have, they probably are run by aging regulators who are not willing to risk fundamentally new designs.
- trixie_ 5y agoThose better fail safe designs have still have a long way to go to be commercialized, regulatory approval is just one step. It would take a lot of R&D and investment to build a real fail safe plant. Unfortunately no one wants to put any money into it. Just stick with cheap aging risky designs.