US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design

Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by spookie on Saturday July 30, 2022 @07:22PM (#32291384)

Isn't weapon's grade uranium at 85%? I know that western powers got really worried at Iran past 19.75%. But, I still doubt it's that heavy for energy applications, even if military.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by jasonwatkinspdx on Sunday July 31, 2022 @01:47AM (#32293509)

You are mistaken. US naval reactors run on around 95% enriched uranium. There's a desire to switch to lower enrichment fuels, but it meets a lot of competing concerns, such as state of the art naval reactors can be fuel'd just once for a ~40 year lifetime. Basically, military naval reactors are not a pathway to economic civilian reactors because the military has different concerns and less price sensitivity vs those concerns.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by spookie on Sunday July 31, 2022 @03:26PM (#32298029)

>95% Jesus effin Christ almighty

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Saturday July 30, 2022 @10:48PM (#32292693)

U for a nuke mounted on a missile needs to be heavily enriched. On a semi trailer, not so much.

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