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Re:Small nuclear reactors: tiny NuScale reactor gets safety ... by sandworm101 on Friday September 04, 2020 @01:58PM (#24377331)
Safety on the ground is one thing, the other is whether this sort of design might be used in less-than-earth gravity. We need passive/fail-safe reactors for space and this thing looks like it could fit inside a rocket.
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Re:Small nuclear reactors: tiny NuScale reactor gets safety ... by p1mrx on Friday September 04, 2020 @04:52PM (#24378771)
One module weighs 762 tons, which is more than 10X the capacity of Falcon Heavy.
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