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by pfdietz 1619 days ago
It's because safety wasn't the obstacle to nuclear energy, cost was.

Also, I don't think passive safety of CANDU is what's meant by passive safety of HTGRs. The latter can survive losing cooling and everyone just walking away (in theory); I suspect the CANDU melts down in that situation, even if the chain reaction does stop.