I think the idea is that you'd have something like 10 100 MW reactors enclosed in a single facility rather than 1 1000 MW reactor in that facility. You'd proba

I think the idea is that you'd have something like 10 100 MW reactors enclosed in a single facility rather than 1 1000 MW reactor in that facility. You'd probably put all the hot fuel rods in a single cooling pond in that scenario. Security for such a facility would be less expensive than having to manage 10 plants scattered acrooss a wide region, as well. Note that provision of cooling water is also a major issue in all these designs. Whether or not this would be cheaper overall is anyone's guess. There are also questions about the reliability and efficiency of small modular reactors in general; past novel nuclear reactor designs like the pebble-bed reactor were similarly promoted but never went anywhere.