Hi @collipop. That Russian reactor runs in the arctic ocean...

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Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors.
This technology is also being used below sea level. Dozens of US submarines lurking in the depths of the world’s oceans are propelled by SMRs, as the compact reactors are known.
SMRs — which are smaller and less costly to build than traditional, large-scale reactors — are fast becoming the next great hope for a nuclear renaissance as the world scrambles to cut fossil fuels. And the US, Russia and China are battling for dominance to build and sell them.
The Biden administration and American companies are plowing billions of dollars into SMRs in a bid for business and global influence. China is leading in nucleartechnology and construction, and Russia is making almost all the world’s SMR fuel. The US is playing catch-up on both.
There’s no mystery behind why the US wants in on the market. It already lost the wind and solar energy race to China, which now provides most of the world’s solar panels and wind turbines. The big problem: The US hasn’t managed to get an SMR working commercially on land.

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Hi @collipop.

That Russian reactor runs in the arctic ocean because it runs way too hot to operate on land. It certainly isn't suitable for any of the locations Dutton identified yesterday.

That reactor is also the only one that has ever been built to that design, by no means can anyone call it "modular".
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