Re:New design could finally help to bring fusion power close...
by DennisP on Monday August 10, 2015 @05:48PM
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As long as the cost per kWh is reasonable, smaller unit size is a good thing, since it lowers capital requirements. That's why a lot of people are pushing for small modular fission reactors.
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Re:New design could finally help to bring fusion power close...
by mschuster91 on Monday August 10, 2015 @06:12PM
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> That's why a lot of people are pushing for small modular fission reactors.
Also smaller reactors have less fuel inside and the new MSR designs don't produce plutonium or other weapons-usable byproduct, so they're less attractive targets for terrorists, dirty bomb builders and other threats, not to mention the reduced risk in failure case with the MSR technology.