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I'm not an expert but I'm a bit skeptical about small nuclear reactor designs. I want to believe they would be cost effective, but... It doesn't seem there is

• larsrc 4y ago
  Prototypes are never cheap. Prototypes are where all the research and design costs go. Once you have a design that works and doesn't have to be customised for each instance, you can get economics of scale because now you're just producing the same items over and over.
  • jokoon 4y ago
    Sure, but would the economics of scale really apply here? Would a small reactor be simpler to build and maintain than a big one, for an equivalent energy output? I'm no nuclear engineer or scientist, but I'm not sure that a smaller reactor can output more energy per dollar. I don't think that smaller reactor equals more safety, and most of the cost involved with nuclear energy has something to do with safety.