[SaveFerris]

Will it fit on a DeLorean?

[Yo-Yo]

This effort evolved out of our requirements for generators at Afghanistan operating bases and the tremendous amount of diesel required to be flown or trucked in each day.

However, one well-placed mortar shell over the wall, and it’s a mini-Chernobyl and an entire base population exposed to radioactivity.

No, thank you.

[ckilmer]

hmm are these more mini light water reactors. If so, its more stupid.

[frithguild]

A bad idea because it will employ light water reactor designs supplied by the present usual suspects. It would be a good idea if the reactor was molten salt using thorium.

[Red Badger]

PBR’s are already designed.

Why reinvent the wheel?.............................

[Sequoyah101]

Sounds like an opportunity for a well connected huckster to take a contract or grant to harvest some gooberment waste and build another empire business.

Anybody know of such a person?

[lurk]

Why can’t they just use the reactor out of a nuclear sub?

[dila813]

What powers a nuke sub?

[vpintheak]

They will be testing one at Eielson AFB near North Pole, AK. Really, if this works, it could be huge. For real.

[JimRed]

Scale down a nuke sub reactor. How hard would that be?