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wingnutf22 t1_j5dglh2 wrote

Reply to comment by Infernalism in Eye-popping new cost estimates released for NuScale small modular reactor by paulfdietz

Those reactors are also not generally ones you want in civilian hands. Those reactors while still subcritical run a more enriched uranium mix that could be problematic if it were more common.

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ukezi t1_j5et8n1 wrote

More enriched, it's 93% Vs about 3.5% used in normal reactors.

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