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20. These "meltdown proof" little reactors are cool, but...

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:19 AM

4 hrs ago

they come with a built-in high price of operation.

The TRISO coated fuel pellets are expensive to fabricate, and complicated to recycle.

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US conducts first air transport of nuclear microreactor in bid to show technology's viability [View all] BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago OP

It says in the OP "without nuclear fuel" muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #4

Thanks. I did not read carefully -- riversedge 19 hrs ago #5

From the first paragraph: discntnt_irny_srcsm 19 hrs ago #6

What could go wrong? orangecrush 20 hrs ago #2

There is no business case for microreactors, --- Yes there is.. LiberalArkie 20 hrs ago #3

Good idea if someone could show facts as to it being cheaper energy Bengus81 10 hrs ago #16

There is one other very strong use case.... reACTIONary 10 hrs ago #17

This is not a radioisotope thermoelectric generator. hunter 16 hrs ago #10

A few hundred years... Hugin 16 hrs ago #11

Dear leader has been reading comics again and wants a nuclear air force pecosbob 16 hrs ago #12

The cost of the nuclear waste is billions DougBee 10 hrs ago #15

Every one of our nuclear submarines .... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #18

These "meltdown proof" little reactors are cool, but... LudwigPastorius 4 hrs ago #20