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> Small reactors won't be economical if they take that many people to run. The military has demonstrated you can easily maintain and operate them with a handfu
by mike_d 3y ago
> Small reactors won't be economical if they take that many people to run.
The military has demonstrated you can easily maintain and operate them with a handful of 18 to 22 year olds.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> The military has demonstrated you can easily maintain and operate them with a handful of 18 to 22 year olds. No, they haven’t. Military reactors aren’t run by relatively junior enlisted personnel alone.
- connicpu 3y agoIndeed, the navy sent my dad to go get his PhD before they had him as an engineering officer on a nuclear submarine. Sure some young enlisted might do some of the physical labor, but they're being supervised by someone who knows what they're doing.