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Re:Small nuclear reactors: tiny NuScale reactor gets safety ... by stjohnswarts on Thursday September 03, 2020 @10:58PM (#24371291)
Chernobyl was an ancient design that didn't have many safeguards. This one had safety built in from the start, and it's smol and can be contained easily.
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Re:Small nuclear reactors: tiny NuScale reactor gets safety ... by guscost on Friday September 04, 2020 @07:56AM (#24374119)
It was a cheaper design, and better for enriching uranium. At the time it was built there were already many passively-safe reactors in operation.
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