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And the technology is incredibly mature, submarine reactors were some of the first reactors, period.
by fmajid 1y ago
And the technology is incredibly mature, submarine reactors were some of the first reactors, period.
- quotemstr 1y agoSubmarine reactors run on super high enriched fuel instantly one could instantly repurpose into a bomb. Lots of gen 4 and 5 reactor designs that combine low cost, compact footprint, and running on less expensive and carefully controlled fuel.
- nicce 1y agoFrench have some LEU submarines. They seem to be pretty good on paper. Needs refueling every ten years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffren-class_submarine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffren-class_submarine
- quotemstr 1y agoCool! Thanks
- pyrale 1y agoFrance also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production.
- nicce 1y agoThat is rapidly changing. https://onu-vienne.delegfrance.org/Nuclear-power-and-SMR-are-central-to-the-France-2030-investment-plan https://onu-vienne.delegfrance.org/Nuclear-power-and-SMR-are... https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular-reactors/the-small-modular-reactors-smr https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular...
- croes 1y agoAnd they are heavily guarded. In the current political climate I prefer energy sources that don’t cause severe damage if sabotaged. Did you hear the worries in Ukraine that Russia could hit a wind turbine with a rocket?
- rafaelmn 1y agoWhat's the danger in hitting a micro nuclear reactor with a rocket ? A shitty dirty bomb detonated near the powerplant ?