alt Hacker NewsNaval reactors use HEU specifically so that humans can live and work in close proximity for long periods of time.
Land-based deployments don't have this constraint.
Naval reactors use HEU specifically so that humans can live and work in close proximity for long periods of time.
Land-based deployments don't have this constraint.
What does the enrichment of uranium have to do with humans working in proximity? In both low-enriched land based plants and in marine nuclear power plants, the radioactive materials are contained in the pressure vessel and inner cooling loop.