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Come on, nuclear is not black magic. There are nuclear reactors in submarines and carriers, so why not at the polar station.
by atemerev 4y ago
Come on, nuclear is not black magic. There are nuclear reactors in submarines and carriers, so why not at the polar station.
- TEP_Kim_Il_Sung 4y agoWhy not just use a lithium-water furnace?
- ocdtrekkie 4y agoThis was less a comment objecting to the idea of a nuclear heat source, and more that "why not just" is a comment that fails to account for all of reasons the experts involved probably considered but decided not to "just" do that. Why not just a nuclear reactor is a huge version of this, because obviously there are a lot of additional expenses and concerns when you deploy a nuclear reactor anywhere.
- detaro 4y agoAnd of course the small detail that they had a reactor a McMurdo, got rid of it because it was less reliable than fueled generators, and had a massive cleanup mess to deal with because the damn thing leaked.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoYeah, sure, let's just throw a billion dollar reactor using high enriched uranium which requires tending 24/7 at every single problem.