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Comment by dr_orpheus

> This is where I did a spit take. I was really underestimating the capacity for these "mini" reactors.

Yeah, "mini" seems like it would be an order of magnitude less than the existing nuclear reactors. But the 470 MW mini reactor is just on the low side of current operational reactors which are in the 400 - 1200 MW range:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...

parent dr_orpheus 4 years ago

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