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by Schroedingersat 1297 days ago
Naval nuclear reactors use HEU and are horrifically expensive even compared to civilian ones.

Additionally when your capital and fixed O&M costs are higher than renewables with the same net power + batteries, then the costs of your peaking energy skyrocket even further.

Far better to build less nuclear + storage. And then realise that the generation doesn't need to be nuclear in most places.