The overwhelming problem with nuclear reactors is not safety, but extreme cost to build and to operate. An inherently safe reactor design might be a little che

The overwhelming problem with nuclear reactors is not safety, but extreme cost to build and to operate. An inherently safe reactor design might be a little cheaper to operate, but might be even more expensive to build. Or might be a little less. But for any reactor to be worth building today, it would have to cost a lot less. That is unlikely, particularly since the regulations are written for inherently unsafe reactors, and this new safe-ish one would still need to conform to existing regulations, strictly needed or not. Even relaxing regulations, it would still cost much more to operate than alternatives we now have available.