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by marcosdumay 2903 days ago
The "proven" technology was proven not to be reliable enough, to be too expensive for use, and to create some large problems down the line.

Besides, if you change the size, it's not "proven" anymore.
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wbl 2903 days ago
France and the US navy both rely on PWRs. France built a fleet to get the benefits of scale. Nuclear works.
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korantu 2903 days ago
This new smaller design solves reliability and cost issues of older bigger designs.
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