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Submarine 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 cos

Submarine 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 ago
French 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 ago
  Cool! Thanks
- pyrale 1y ago
  France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production.
  - nicce 1y ago
    That 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...