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		yurtboy on Jan 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulat... You don’t sound pro-fission. This is a novel 1MW micro-reactor with major policy implications that merits public support. Westinghouse and other large reactors have a totally different use case thank Oklo’s design for remote communities.

microdrum on Jan 16, 2022 [–]

No, Westinghouse has designs for small reactors too.

One prob with oklo seems its amateurish funding and founding. The other is that maybe 1 mw isn’t so useful. 100mw makes a difference (with distribution), so does 50kw (without distribution.)

What is 1 mw for? An airport, maybe?

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