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That cost is a property of the regulatory environment, it isn't intrinsic. You can buy a floating nuclear power plant in the form of an aircraft carrier for a
by jandrewrogers 11mo ago
That cost is a property of the regulatory environment, it isn't intrinsic.
You can buy a floating nuclear power plant in the form of an aircraft carrier for a lot less than $16B. The US Navy builds these things as a matter of course in a few years using standard designs they crank out by the dozens.
- hvb2 11mo agoThose carriers have 700MW thermal output reactors. The new generation EPRs built now are about 6x that. And yes, carriers have a lot less rules because it those have issues we're already in big trouble. You'll need strict rules given the big impact a failure has. No one has an aircraft carrier or sub in their backyard (not constantly that is) Standardizing a design and building N of them would help though