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Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save... by slededit on Friday March 16, 2018 @12:06PM (#16601536)
And also US Navy submarines and large surface vessels.
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Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save... by djrogers on Friday March 16, 2018 @02:55PM (#16603082)
Those are neither mass-produced, nor tiny - they produce 50-500MW of power.
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Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save... by slededit on Friday March 16, 2018 @03:46PM (#16603498)
The SG9 in the latest Virginia class submarines are only 30MW. As of 2001 The Navy has constructed over 235 nuclear reactors, with many more since. An average of >5 per year. For Nuclear reactors that is mass production.

Also because of the way the Navy works their reactors are less bespoke for each ship than traditional land based reactors - and better fit the mass production model. This is something that could scale.

1. http://mragheb.com/NPRE%20402%20ME%20405%20Nuclear%20Power%2...

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