The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved by US Regulators

Re:The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved... by pdabbadabba on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:28PM (#32371311)

Sure, there have been these two incidents. But whats the real argument here? Do these indicents mean that Ukraine has an intolerably poor track record? I don’t see how it does—especially since one occurred when Ukraine was part of the USSR, which was actually the nation operating the plant, and the other was caused by a neighbor’s aggression.

And the actual point here was about Latin America. Ukraine was just an example. Is it really so implausible to think that, for example, Brazil and Argentina could not safely operate nuclear plants?

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Re:The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved... by Retric on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @12:35PM (#32400210)

The point is if you want to consider how successful a major infrastructure project then you should base things on similar countries. Brazil has multiple nuclear reactors though South America has very few.

If the history of nuclear incidents should tell us anything it’s the importantance of understanding failure modes. To use a Brazil example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goiânia_accident

Massive complex infrastructure projects in poor countries often fail to finish or suffer from substandard construction etc.

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