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This is a much cheaper and faster way to get nuclear power.

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[–] potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah yes, let's give rich people weapons grade uranium (what these compact reactors run on)

[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Weapons grade uranium is so expensive and energy intensive to make that I can’t imagine they would ever pay for it and the fuel is at end of life so would need refueling soon.

The navy likely puts a safety margin on the fuel so there is probably some life left in the fuel but I would be very surprised if it lasted more than a year or two which is where I am confused on how this would work