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kart23 ◴[02 Apr 21 18:45 UTC] No.26674533[source]▶

Fun/Depressing fact: The USA has more floating reactors than reactors on land.

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1. alex_anglin ◴[02 Apr 21 18:52 UTC] No.26674622[source]▶

Source?

2. toomuchtodo ◴[02 Apr 21 18:54 UTC] No.26674657[source]▶

US Navy nuclear fleet.

Caveat: US Navy is more responsible about operating its reactors than commercial generators.

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3. devoutsalsa ◴[02 Apr 21 18:55 UTC] No.26674668[source]▶

I think they're talking about the reactors in naval ships. The USA has little (any?) buoyant nuclear power generation for commercial use.

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4. yellowapple ◴[02 Apr 21 19:21 UTC] No.26674978[source]▶

Further caveat: it's arguably much easier to cool a reactor when said reactor floats on a literally-planet-covering heatsink.

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5. toomuchtodo ◴[02 Apr 21 19:23 UTC] No.26674998{3}[source]▶

Absolutely. Worse case scenario, you scuttle the vessel and the reactor is surrounded by a cooling medium in perpetuity.

6. stjohnswarts ◴[03 Apr 21 14:01 UTC] No.26681112[source]▶

Isn't Russia the only one that has tried that with ships?

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