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.
PBR’s would not be a problem. Though radioactive, the individual fuel parts could be made safe rather quickly.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/pebble-bed-reactors
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