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It's hard to imagine commercial SMRs being built to the same standard as marine propulsion reactors, or receiving the same level of investment in ongoing mainte
by throwanem 2y ago
It's hard to imagine commercial SMRs being built to the same standard as marine propulsion reactors, or receiving the same level of investment in ongoing maintenance.
- littlestymaar 2y agoAnd yet that's exactly what NavalGroup and EDF are working on: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUWARD_(r%C3%A9acteur) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUWARD_(r%C3%A9acteur) Of course it's not going to be the same “standards” though, because the safety authority is much more rigorous when dealing with civil nuclear their your own soil than for nuclear submarines. (and keep in mind that we're talking about French companies here, and France will need to replace 58 reactors in the next 30 years, so there will a huge need for mass production)