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by Baneofbatman 2390 days ago
Do you know how efficiency and safety scales with power output and size?

If you're building a new power plant why not just install a bunch of A4W reactors that have been well proven instead of designing and building bigger reactors?

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> If you're building a new power plant why not just install a bunch of A4W reactors that have been well proven instead of designing and building bigger reactors?

The naval reactors are not built to be refueled, as I understand it.

Might be easier to monitor and control one reactor than many?