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Here is a read on the horror of building a sodium cooled reactor. Makes Vogtle look like a walk in the park. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monju_Nuclear_Power

Here is a read on the horror of building a sodium cooled reactor. Makes Vogtle look like a walk in the park. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monju_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monju_Nuclear_Power_Plant

natmaka 3y ago
After bout 60 years and many heavily-financed large projects there isn't a single one industrial breeder reactor ready for deployment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#Development_and_notable_breeder_reactors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#Development_an...
Mistletoe 3y ago
>As of June 2011, the reactor had only generated electricity for one hour since its first testing two decades prior. It would be hilarious if not for the wasting of a trillion Yen on this.