New reactors could also reduce costs by being safer. Conventional reactors have a fundamental risk of meltdown, largely because they were designed to power submarines. It’s easy to cool a reactor with water when it’s in a submarine, underwater, but when we lifted these reactors onto land, we had to start pumping water up to cool them, Terrestrial Energy CEO Simon Irish explained.
Mother Jones: Safer, Cleaner Nuclear Energy—If We Want It
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