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This youtube video These Mini Nuclear Reactors Can be Built Anywhere taps into the same idea. A German Physicist however estimated that the cost relief by mass production will never take place, as the mass production won't be reached. But according to the video the active cooling problems (France) are solved by this miniature.. however small reactors remind me of The Soviet Union's Deadly Abandoned Nuclear Generators which where abandoned in the Russian backcountry 🫣.
They even admit the mobile versions, essentially a cargo container, would not be as efficient as their permanent structure. Considering, though, that a standard refrigerator needs less than 1KW, the mobile version may be the best option for some of the small communities in rural Wyoming or Montana, for instance.
sarcasm A rapid deployment in North Carolina sarcasm off