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Re:UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor o... by FridayoLeary on Saturday March 18, 2023 @11:18PM (#35215696)
I don't know if that will cool the reactor enough to prevent a meltdown.
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Re:UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor o... by krasin on Sunday March 19, 2023 @03:35PM (#35222671)
A gigawatt-class reactor? - not a chance

A 10kW reactor - easily; almost no engineering will be required, but it's also not enough for anything useful.

I suppose the future of Moon energy will be in a megawatt-class reactors, which are still possible to cool like that, but provide enough heat+energy to be useful for colonies.

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