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Re:How do you make safe, cheap nuclear reactors? Bury them a... by hinkley on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:28PM (#41370268)
The article. Working a mile down is at the limits of our capabilities. In an emergency situation it’s nearly unobtanium. Like Kernighan’s Law for engineering.
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Re:How do you make safe, cheap nuclear reactors? Bury them a... by honestjohn on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:50PM (#41370539)
Yeah, it seems nuts. Nuclear submarines have proven our ability to operate a small reactor a km underwater, but under land is much harder.
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Re:How do you make safe, cheap nuclear reactors? Bury them a... by hinkley on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @11:33PM (#41375671)
But at 1 atm.

If the pressure vessel fails they autoscram the reactor don’t they? I mean assuming they didn’t get hit with a torpedo.

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