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Re:U.S. moves toward supplying Romania with a new style of n... by petrut_m on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @05:22AM (#31502201)
Because it's where it's needed. Because of geography Romania has off shore wind, rooftop solar and nuclear as low carbon energy sources, (Hydro has 30% of the market and new dams are v difficult due to environmental concerns) All of these are needed, and small scale nuclear is a lot less susceptible to meltdown events due to loss of cooling. Earthquake resistant structures have been built for 50 years, so this is not a showstopper.
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Re:U.S. moves toward supplying Romania with a new style of n... by hulitu on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @02:11PM (#31508327)
> small scale nuclear is a lot less susceptible to meltdown events due to loss of cooling

Even your processor is "susceptible to meltdown events due to loss of cooling". It has some protection, of course, unless this reactor which does not exist even on paper.

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