There have been others building a prototype or research reactor, but the M in SMR also stands for mass-produced and nobody got even close to that.
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Vanth@reddthat.com 1 month agoThe two nuclear developmemts I’m watching closest are the test molten salt reactor in Oak Ridge, TN and just recently heard about a new permit to build one for Abilene Christian University in Texas.
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InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Molten salt sounds like a terrible design for modular, the whole problem is if it loses power it freezes solid, you’d want a huge one with tons of backup imho.
I’d imagine a tiny pebble bed or traveling wave, something fairly inert and safe.