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> About half the size of a typical PWR reactor. Closer to a third for recent models (the French P4 reactors from the 80s were 1300, the later N4 1450~1500, the
by masklinn 11mo ago
> About half the size of a typical PWR reactor.
Closer to a third for recent models (the French P4 reactors from the 80s were 1300, the later N4 1450~1500, the EPR is 1650). 500-ish is a relatively typical density for reactors from the mid to late 60s.
Agree that it’s hardly small or modular tho.