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Am I living in an alternate universe? US, UK, Russia, France have been putting nuke plants in submarines for half a century, most of these countries have done t
by shakow 4y ago
Am I living in an alternate universe? US, UK, Russia, France have been putting nuke plants in submarines for half a century, most of these countries have done the same with surface ships, be it carriers or ice-breakers, Russia has built nuke plants on barges to provide power for remote areas; heck, the US even ran a nuke plant on a plane, and I am the one being desperate?
- ncmncm 4y agoYes. Yes, you are. In none of those cases have economic considerations been dispositive, or even of much interest.
- shakow 4y agoThat's moving goalposts; of course small-scale production is going to cost an arm and a leg. The original post said it was impossible, not expensive.
- ncmncm 4y agoIn an open, uncoerced market, anything too expensive does not happen. People opt for cheaper alternatives, or for more value for the same money. Or, somewhere in between.
- shakow 4y agoOf course, and naturally, first-of-a-kind are bloody expensive. Maybe there's a way to make small nuke plants economical, maybe there's not, I dont' know. But it's definitely not ‶impossible″ to humankind.
- ncmncm 4y agoThey are all extra-super-expensive. Experience is that second and third of a design cost even more than the first one.