Re:Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators
by PaulHoule on Friday January 14, 2022 @08:35PM
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I am all for style, but they aren't sending the right message. There's a certain beauty in a cartridge reactor that is buried below grade and shows hardly anything.
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Re:Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators
by donttrustatoms on Saturday January 15, 2022 @01:05AM
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Fair point, but when we examined just having everything underground, it was more expensive actually. Once you consider operational realities in a remote environment (especially in permafrost), it is beneficial to have power conversion equipment indoors, offices, a bathroom, storage areas, etc. and then you're talking a building above ground anyway. There is security protection built in too that I can't elaborate on.
Re:Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators
by hairytrog on Friday January 14, 2022 @10:50PM
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like this one? https://usnc.com