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[tadd]

Even though this is old school light water design, it is still pretty awesome!

Build on a factory floor and ship to site. No more custom designs. Need X power, string together Y units. And given its size it is all passive cooling. No pumps to break or go out of service.

Need load following, just dial down a few. Whole plant needn't go offline for service.

Lastly, unit can go to another factory for disassembly when at the end of its service life and recycled under a standard procedure.

Wish this would have been done 20 years ago. There isn't really anything new in this even 30 years old.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/us-regulators-will-certify-first-small-nuclear-reactor-design/?comments=1&start=80

If only it were thorium.

[Sooner or later]

I have been following this for a number of years. I hope the Idaho site ends up getting the funding.