Submarine reactors run on super high enriched fuel instantly one could instantly repurpose into a bomb. Lots of gen 4 and 5 reactor designs that combine low cost, compact footprint, and running on less expensive and carefully controlled fuel.

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nicce 3 days ago | parent [-]

French have some LEU submarines. They seem to be pretty good on paper. Needs refueling every ten years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffren-class_submarine

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pyrale 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

France also built full-sized commercial plants rather than batteries of small reactors. That's because scale matters for efficient production.

	▲	nicce 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		That is rapidly changing. https://onu-vienne.delegfrance.org/Nuclear-power-and-SMR-are... https://regulation-oversight.asnr.fr/oversight/small-modular...

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quotemstr 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Cool! Thanks