Prestigious_Plum_451

Prestigious_Plum_451 t1_iu8fbfd wrote

Reply to comment by bingobangobenis in Poland picks U.S. offer for its first nuclear power plant -PM by SunfireGaren

yah, at least in remote regions if nothing else. Import ungodly amounts of refined hydrocarbons and burn wood on top vs... SMR for the next some decades to prove the same power and then some which can then be replaced as needed with another module with the other one sent back for repurposing/recycling.

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Prestigious_Plum_451 t1_iu7whbc wrote

Reply to comment by Madholm in Poland picks U.S. offer for its first nuclear power plant -PM by SunfireGaren

> Either they aren’t safe, or are deemed too high a security risk.

Neither, also they don't need to be buried etc... assuming you are talking about small modular reactors, and their micro sized equivalents.

Right now they are just stuck in regulatory, and design limbo, and slowly moving forward. Why we are not seeing them out and about really just has to do with upfront costs, and regulatory issues where we have shit fine on paper, but someone needs to take the financial risk to fund initial deployments of the tech before anyone else jumps on board.

The first such in the US to be deployed to Eielson air force base in Alaska for testing, and energy production. https://www.safie.hq.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3169035/request-for-proposal-released-for-eielson-air-force-base-micro-reactor-pilot-pr/

Kind of like with space rockets... how many years was it all about govt funding of all sorts of testing, development, and deployment of tech before private enterprise could follow suit on proven ideas?

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Prestigious_Plum_451 t1_itk506p wrote

Reply to comment by sexyloser1128 in Ukraine asks Fingrid for help - Finland's grid operator says Ukraine has requested parts to rebuild critical energy infrastructure damaged by recent drone strikes. by Vegeta9001

> If the west sent more advanced air defenses earlier like people wanted, then the recent damage might not have even happened.

Honestly, it takes time to train people to use advanced systems properly... you can throw gear in to the field all day long, but it wont mean a damn thing if the people needing them are not trained on using them right. Such an act would not only be wasteful, but strategically unwise.(see Russia for examples on consequences of sending improperly trained, and at times poorly equipped/supplied soldiers in to theater.)

Being said, depending on the scope, and complexity of training it can take weeks to months, and what you perceive as dillydallying may very well be more about the delay caused by such than a lack of willingness to send stuff in outright.

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