Comment by fmajid Comment by fmajid 8 hours ago 7 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News And the technology is incredibly mature, submarine reactors were some of the first reactors, period.
Copy Link croes 8 hours ago Next Collapse Comment - And they are heavily guarded.In the current political climate I prefer energy sources that don’t cause severe damage if sabotaged.Did you hear the worries in Ukraine that Russia could hit a wind turbine with a rocket? Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link rafaelmn 7 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - What's the danger in hitting a micro nuclear reactor with a rocket ? A shitty dirty bomb detonated near the powerplant ? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link rafaelmn 7 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - What's the danger in hitting a micro nuclear reactor with a rocket ? A shitty dirty bomb detonated near the powerplant ? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link quotemstr 8 hours ago Prev Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 4 replies Copy Link nicce 8 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - 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 Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link pyrale 7 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link nicce 4 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - That is rapidly changing.https://onu-vienne.delegfrance.org/Nuclear-power-and-SMR-are...https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular... Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link quotemstr 7 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - Cool! Thanks Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link nicce 8 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - 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 Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link pyrale 7 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link nicce 4 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - That is rapidly changing.https://onu-vienne.delegfrance.org/Nuclear-power-and-SMR-are...https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular... Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link quotemstr 7 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - Cool! Thanks Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link pyrale 7 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link nicce 4 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - That is rapidly changing.https://onu-vienne.delegfrance.org/Nuclear-power-and-SMR-are...https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular... Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link nicce 4 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - That is rapidly changing.https://onu-vienne.delegfrance.org/Nuclear-power-and-SMR-are...https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular... Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link quotemstr 7 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - Cool! Thanks Reply View | 0 replies
And they are heavily guarded.
In the current political climate I prefer energy sources that don’t cause severe damage if sabotaged.
Did you hear the worries in Ukraine that Russia could hit a wind turbine with a rocket?