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For real. If the airline industry had behaved like the nuclear industry we wouldn't be flying planes today Also, in typical governmental fashion (see: rocket b
by raverbashing 5y ago
For real. If the airline industry had behaved like the nuclear industry we wouldn't be flying planes today
Also, in typical governmental fashion (see: rocket building before SpaceX) power plants were optimized for (size???) instead of safety, cost and time to build.
Things you don't have to optimize for: efficiency
Make it fast to build and in self-contained modules (economies of scale). Make it failsafe (even if it costs efficiency)
- VaxWithSex 5y agoThere is not a single one of these "small modular self contained" reactors commerically available or producing power for the grid. These are called "blueprint reactors", because designing a nuclear reactor is easy, but building one is hard.
- raverbashing 5y ago> There is not a single one of these "small modular self contained" reactors commerically available They exist in nuclear subs. There needs to be investment and research to make them commercially viable.
- layer8 5y ago> There needs to be investment and research to make them commercially viable. That means that it’s not a near-term solution, and also may turn out to not be viable at all.