[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.