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I was originally gonna say that FBRs are in many places phased out (I think Japan's last one shut down in 2017) but if I'm reading right a BWR can work in a pin

I was originally gonna say that FBRs are in many places phased out (I think Japan's last one shut down in 2017) but if I'm reading right a BWR can work in a pinch, so there's -that-... My guess with minimal knowledge in the field is, weeks if they have a shut down FBR plant, months if they have a decommed FBR Plant. I feel like building a new one to 'ramp up' would either require more time or perhaps multiple smaller reactor projects working in parallel might do the job...

alephnerd 3y ago
Japan is restarting it's FBR program [0] In all honesty, it feels like everyone's arming for something big - from UAE all the way to the US and China, every country is in the process of buying startups and firms working on dual use technology. Every country seems to have some sort of a 5-10 year roadmap to modernize defense technology and logistics by 2035, yet I never saw this level of concentrated effort globally after 1989. [0] - https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/Japan-nuclear-research-set-to-revive-on-U.S.-fast-reactor-project https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/Japan-nuclear-resear...
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  Side note: always appreciate (and look for) your comments in these threads.
  - alephnerd 3y ago
    No prob! That means a lot coming from you!!! That said, I sincerely hope my prediction is just paranoia and that I'm wrong. It's UAE and Saudi's deal flow that got me worried recently. I'm seeing those guys everywhere in the defense tech space now, and if Saudi and UAE are stockpiling, then every other semi-competent regional power is as well.
    - freefrog334433 3y ago
      Saudi Arabia might have had access to nuclear weapons for a while, as part of an arrangement with Pakistan. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24823846 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24823846 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_and_weapons_of_ma...
      - alephnerd 3y ago
        It's a gentleman's agreement before Imran Khan entered the political arena. Imran Khan leaned pro-Qatar, which irked KSA, especially because IK turned down joining Saudi's coalition in Yemen. It was around this time that KSA began charting it's own independent course, just like UAE.

alephnerd 3y ago

Japan is restarting it's FBR program [0] In all honesty, it feels like everyone's arming for something big - from UAE all the way to the US and China, every country is in the process of buying startups and firms working on dual use technology. Every country seems to have some sort of a 5-10 year roadmap to modernize defense technology and logistics by 2035, yet I never saw this level of concentrated effort globally after 1989. [0] - https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/Japan-nuclear-research-set-to-revive-on-U.S.-fast-reactor-project https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/Japan-nuclear-resear...

JumpCrisscross 3y ago
Side note: always appreciate (and look for) your comments in these threads.
- alephnerd 3y ago
  No prob! That means a lot coming from you!!! That said, I sincerely hope my prediction is just paranoia and that I'm wrong. It's UAE and Saudi's deal flow that got me worried recently. I'm seeing those guys everywhere in the defense tech space now, and if Saudi and UAE are stockpiling, then every other semi-competent regional power is as well.
  - freefrog334433 3y ago
    Saudi Arabia might have had access to nuclear weapons for a while, as part of an arrangement with Pakistan. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24823846 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24823846 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_and_weapons_of_ma...
    - alephnerd 3y ago
      It's a gentleman's agreement before Imran Khan entered the political arena. Imran Khan leaned pro-Qatar, which irked KSA, especially because IK turned down joining Saudi's coalition in Yemen. It was around this time that KSA began charting it's own independent course, just like UAE.