alt Hacker NewsLike most industrial sites, large reactors are much more economical than small ones. This is why nobody has built SMRs since the 1950s.
Like most industrial sites, large reactors are much more economical than small ones. This is why nobody has built SMRs since the 1950s.
The basic premise of "have a factory that produces reactors small enough to ship" always made sense to my uneducated mind. Is there a flaw in the idea? It seems like it should be much cheaper than if every reactor were bespoke