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0 pointsArodex6d ago0 comments

Your small nuclear reactor is going to need almost as much engineering , plumbing, safety mechanism, personnel, maintenance, etc... as your big nuclear reactor.

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0-_-06d ago· 3 in thread

Not if it's mass produced

crote6d ago

Mass-produced reactors don't need operators or guards?

palata6d ago

Let's distribute the risk everywhere, what could go wrong?

chickenbig6d ago

Siting of an SMR is somewhat different (albeit related) to the SMR concept itself. You might cluster them together (like the plans for 3 RR SMR at Wylfa and 3 at Ringhals in Sweden).

chickenbig6d ago

> almost as much engineering , plumbing, safety mechanism, personnel, maintenance, etc

Sure, that is economics, not thermodynamics. I don't necessarily agree with the SMR manifesto, but it is conceivable that improved financing, construction, operation and oversight could make an SMR cheaper than a larger reactor.

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