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Re:Eye-popping new cost estimates released for NuScale small... by exabrial on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:54PM (#38214857)
I have a dumb question... we have marine reactors like the A2W; which seems like a SMR to me. Whats different about the design constraints for these?
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Re:Eye-popping new cost estimates released for NuScale small... by epistasis on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:05AM (#38215258)
Highly enriched uranium is not generally considered suitable for civilian reactors.

Plus, I've never heard anyone cite cost numbers for an A2W, but I'm not sure there's a reason it could compete on cost. Military hardware is not known for having the cheapest options, quite the contrary.

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Re:Eye-popping new cost estimates released for NuScale small... by exabrial on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:00PM (#38221264)
Ah, I didn't know it used higher-level enriched fuel
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