[JimDabell]

Lazarus would be a horrible place for that kind of thing. It would destroy a nice, relatively untouched spot of nature that’s got a lot of biodiversity.

Singapore does use islands for this kind of thing, but this would be better placed on Jurong Island (which is already entirely industrial) or perhaps Pulau Tekong (which is currently for military use only). Alternatively, land reclamation is not unknown to Singapore, and there’s already big land reclamation plans underway in the coming years.

[torginus]

I wonder if anyone other than the Russians makes one of those floating nuclear power plants that can be moored at sea?

[sofixa]

The US and France do too, but they call them nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.

[torginus]

That's a bit different though - those reactors use closed cycle liquid sodium coolant, and are not made for supplying power on shore.

I'm talking about something like this:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/is-the-world-ready-for-floating-nu...

[lupusreal]

Lol they do not use liquid sodium. They are PWRs. Rickover would spin in his grave.

[dctoedt]

> they do not use liquid sodium. They are PWRs. Rickover would spin in his grave.

Except for the early days of the (one-off) USS Seawolf, before its liquid-sodium reactor was replaced by a LWR. But yes, the KOG would surely come roaring out of his coffin screaming, "WTF are you idiots doing — wasn't once enough?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Seawolf_(SSN-575)

[bbojan]

Thorcon [https://thorconpower.com/] has a plan for this, but they're still years away.

[nmfisher]

Can't they just float them in the sea? Or does the salt water corrode the panels?