← Back to context Comment by fmajid 18 hours ago And the technology is incredibly mature, submarine reactors were some of the first reactors, period. 9 comments fmajid Reply croes 18 hours ago And they are heavily guarded.In the current political climate I prefer energy sources that don’t cause severe damage if sabotaged.Did you hear the worries in Ukraine that Russia could hit a wind turbine with a rocket? rafaelmn 18 hours ago What's the danger in hitting a micro nuclear reactor with a rocket ? A shitty dirty bomb detonated near the powerplant ? oneshtein 1 hour ago Nuclear meltdown, evacuation of nearby cities. 1 reply → quotemstr 18 hours ago Submarine reactors run on super high enriched fuel instantly one could instantly repurpose into a bomb. Lots of gen 4 and 5 reactor designs that combine low cost, compact footprint, and running on less expensive and carefully controlled fuel. nicce 18 hours ago French have some LEU submarines. They seem to be pretty good on paper. Needs refueling every ten years.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffren-class_submarine pyrale 17 hours ago France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production. 1 reply → quotemstr 17 hours ago Cool! Thanks
croes 18 hours ago And they are heavily guarded.In the current political climate I prefer energy sources that don’t cause severe damage if sabotaged.Did you hear the worries in Ukraine that Russia could hit a wind turbine with a rocket? rafaelmn 18 hours ago What's the danger in hitting a micro nuclear reactor with a rocket ? A shitty dirty bomb detonated near the powerplant ? oneshtein 1 hour ago Nuclear meltdown, evacuation of nearby cities. 1 reply →
rafaelmn 18 hours ago What's the danger in hitting a micro nuclear reactor with a rocket ? A shitty dirty bomb detonated near the powerplant ? oneshtein 1 hour ago Nuclear meltdown, evacuation of nearby cities. 1 reply →
quotemstr 18 hours ago Submarine reactors run on super high enriched fuel instantly one could instantly repurpose into a bomb. Lots of gen 4 and 5 reactor designs that combine low cost, compact footprint, and running on less expensive and carefully controlled fuel. nicce 18 hours ago French have some LEU submarines. They seem to be pretty good on paper. Needs refueling every ten years.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffren-class_submarine pyrale 17 hours ago France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production. 1 reply → quotemstr 17 hours ago Cool! Thanks
nicce 18 hours ago French have some LEU submarines. They seem to be pretty good on paper. Needs refueling every ten years.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffren-class_submarine pyrale 17 hours ago France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production. 1 reply → quotemstr 17 hours ago Cool! Thanks
pyrale 17 hours ago France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production. 1 reply →
And they are heavily guarded.
In the current political climate I prefer energy sources that don’t cause severe damage if sabotaged.
Did you hear the worries in Ukraine that Russia could hit a wind turbine with a rocket?
What's the danger in hitting a micro nuclear reactor with a rocket ? A shitty dirty bomb detonated near the powerplant ?
Nuclear meltdown, evacuation of nearby cities.
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Submarine reactors run on super high enriched fuel instantly one could instantly repurpose into a bomb. Lots of gen 4 and 5 reactor designs that combine low cost, compact footprint, and running on less expensive and carefully controlled fuel.
French have some LEU submarines. They seem to be pretty good on paper. Needs refueling every ten years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffren-class_submarine
France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production.
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Cool! Thanks