(cont'd from yesterday's post)
Smaller, modular nuclear fission reactors are being built now by several companies - modular meaning that parts can be bought off-the-shelf and then assembled on-site.
That's what a 36-year-old is working on. In 2017 he devoted his life to fighting climate change. His company, Last Energy, has a deal with Poland to deliver ten of them by 2025.
He figures it will cost $100 million per reactor, each one producing 20,000 megawatts of power (enough for 20,000 families). Still expensive to build, but not like a normal $6 billion reactor.
And what about the safety factor? Even if multiple cooling mechanisms fail, the underground portion of the reactor is surrounded by 550 tons of steel to dissipate heat.
from Forbes
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