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		petre on Sept 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Small nuclear reactors: tiny NuScale reactor gets ... Yes. A NRC requirement for utility scale reactors after 9/11. One wonders why nuclear reactors are so expensive.

HPsquared on Sept 4, 2020 [–]

It's a good reason to design reactors to be as small as possible, with a small containment building. Much easier to build.

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