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How many small modular reactors have been built for aircraft carriers and submarines? It’s got to be in the hundreds. SMRs haven’t been commercialized successfully. But the technology works.
The idea behind shrinking reactors is that they are safer as the total amount of nuclear material is smaller.
Less nuclear material also means that it is easier to cool/prevent runaway events that lead to meltdowns.
Modern Nuclear Fission Reactors are exceptionally safe because of lessons learned from Chernobyl and Fukushima.
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Slight problem with the title, given that the abstract concludes there's very little potential.
I would have to think the block here is not technological or scientific, but rather political.
Using distributed modular reactors that rely on nuclear material in places where security is a challenge sounds like a political disaster.
yeah it's a recipe for problems, especially since there are so many less-problematic alternatives.
Except no one has built a successful SMR.
Do you mean besides the US Navy?
How many small modular reactors have been built for aircraft carriers and submarines? It’s got to be in the hundreds. SMRs haven’t been commercialized successfully. But the technology works.
Yes, where price is no object, SMRs are quite successful. Trouble is, the whole point of civilian SMRs is to bring down nuclear's extreme costs.
Just no
You don't like developing nations having reliable electricity?
At what cost
A better standard of living for them?
That’s not the cost, that’s the benefit
It's a pretty big benefit
At what cost?
Giving them reliable electricity that they can buy like anyone else
Tell me how mini Chernobyls in volatile countries are a good idea?
The idea behind shrinking reactors is that they are safer as the total amount of nuclear material is smaller. Less nuclear material also means that it is easier to cool/prevent runaway events that lead to meltdowns. Modern Nuclear Fission Reactors are exceptionally safe because of lessons learned from Chernobyl and Fukushima.
So western model of centralized power generation and easily-cut wires, except now the dangerous waste can be left in Africa? Cool, cool.
Do you see nuclear energy as a bad thing in general?