US Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor Industry Gains Traction In Missouri

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:26AM from the grabbing-market-share-from-mr-fusion dept.

trichard writes with this quote from an AP report: "Ameren Missouri is vying to be the first utility in the country to seek a construction and operating license for a small-scale nuclear reactor, a technology that's appealing to utilities because of the smaller upfront costs and shorter development lead times. The small reactors, about a fourth or less the capacity of full-size nuclear units, are appealing to the nuclear industry because they could be manufactured at a central plant and shipped around the world. By contrast, building nuclear reactors today is a more cumbersome process that must be done largely on site and takes years."

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Re:Figures by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-20 06:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Soon you'll finally have electricity!
Running water won't be far behind!
Re:Details by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-20 06:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Anyone have technical details for the reactors?
Of course! Just let us know your location and we'll send a team to deliver them.

Sincerely,
The FBI
Re:Figures by ThatsNotPudding · 2012-04-20 07:13 · Score: 3, Funny

Running water won't be far behind!

Just don't run a Gieger counter over it.
Re:How does the MTBF scale? by theshowmecanuck · 2012-04-20 07:18 · Score: 3, Funny

It's OK, they'll make them at Foxconn.

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