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[-] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The US Navy has had functional Small modular reactor designs mostly PWR designs since the 1960s in the 5mw to 500mw range with no major failures yet.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

That's thanks to the training (started with Rickover) and discipline and no shareholders. Commercial nukes don't measure up, e.g. when it comes to leakages and knowing what to do in case.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago

Now you're just being disingenuous. I am certain that qualified individuals from the private sector and qualified individuals from the military both receive adequate training to operate their facilities

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Way to start out with an ad hominem. Cheap too. Since you're 'certain' (and I know that's hard to come by for this sacred cow), your #1 reference?

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