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Here4thebeer3232 t1_ja8n60j wrote

Reply to comment by brunnock in The Dream of Mini Nuclear Plants Hangs in the Balance by OutlandishnessOk2452

Naval reactors have the advantage to having the Navy as a customer, who is used to spending billions of dollars for single ships. So naval reactors get the best material, equipment, and operators that are borderline in a cult.They also aren't expected to be profitable.

Civilian reactors don't have any of those advantages, normal size or mini.

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MoirasPurpleOrb t1_ja9tlo3 wrote

I’d wager that the naval reactors also are highly classified and they would be extremely reluctant to let that technology out of their immediate control

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newworkaccount t1_jaaa21g wrote

The tech is so sensitive that recent deals with close Anglophone allies to share it with them made waves (gettit?). To be fair, that is "nuclear sub capability" as a generic package, though, and so surely encompasses many sensitive technologies beyond nuclear capabilities.

Though powering a nuke sub is VERY different from powering a power plant.

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