Comment by nicce Comment by nicce 10 hours ago 3 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News 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
Copy Link pyrale 9 hours ago 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 7 hours ago 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 7 hours ago 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
France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production.