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The current reactor designs are safe enough, let's build them now. Debating the pros and cons of advanced designs is dumb and accepts the enviros false claim t
by dmfdmf 17y ago
The current reactor designs are safe enough, let's build them now. Debating the pros and cons of advanced designs is dumb and accepts the enviros false claim that current BWR or PWR light water reactors are "unsafe". Moreover, significant real-world safety comes from operational experience on a fleet of the same or similar designs. It would be foolish to throw away 50 years of knowledge and experience on light water reactors to start over on sodium, fluoride, pebble-bed, etc.
- cheriot 17y agoIt's also about efficiency. Nuclear power plants regularly live beyond their designed lifespan of 30-40 years. If a new reactor can be built with 45% efficiency rather that the 33% of existing light water reactors get, that alone will justify the delay.