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Re:U.S. Air Force Selects Fast Microreactor for Nuclear Powe... by nohankyou on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:50PM (#37356046)
A large amount of small reactors would most likely need to be remotely managed. Think of it as a very large IoT toaster just begging to be played with.
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Re:U.S. Air Force Selects Fast Microreactor for Nuclear Powe... by ElFitz on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:56PM (#37356095)
Considering the state of IoT (eg IoT botnets), I am not sure this will be reassuring to most. Unless it was sarcasm?
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Re:U.S. Air Force Selects Fast Microreactor for Nuclear Powe... by waldothedog on Friday September 01, 2023 @05:14PM (#37356254)
I believe the comment was intended to emphasize the issues created by mass scale remote mgmt
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Re:U.S. Air Force Selects Fast Microreactor for Nuclear Powe... by nukeman on Saturday September 02, 2023 @09:38PM (#37366983)
I know your comment was sarcastic, but today I was wondering if you could do remote control via SIPRNet or JWICS (military computer networks) and avoid the issues associated with conventional controls.
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