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12. Dear leader has been reading comics again and wants a nuclear air force

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:29 PM

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This is 1950's technology just like the ramjet and hyper-cruise missile.

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It says in the OP "without nuclear fuel" muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #4

Thanks. I did not read carefully -- riversedge Yesterday #5

From the first paragraph: discntnt_irny_srcsm Yesterday #6

What could go wrong? orangecrush Yesterday #2

There is no business case for microreactors, --- Yes there is.. LiberalArkie Yesterday #3

Good idea if someone could show facts as to it being cheaper energy Bengus81 19 hrs ago #16

There is one other very strong use case.... reACTIONary 19 hrs ago #17

This is not a radioisotope thermoelectric generator. hunter Yesterday #10

A few hundred years... Hugin Yesterday #11

Dear leader has been reading comics again and wants a nuclear air force pecosbob Yesterday #12

The cost of the nuclear waste is billions DougBee 20 hrs ago #15

Every one of our nuclear submarines .... reACTIONary 19 hrs ago #18

These "meltdown proof" little reactors are cool, but... LudwigPastorius 14 hrs ago #20