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Thank you again Ian.
JB.

No problem. I'm trying to be objective and factual in my posts as this is a subject that can easily get out of hand and emotional - I've suffered from this when asked what I did for a living. "Nuclear engineer" prompts all sorts of reactions from "do you glow in the dark" (No) to "Oh, I'm worried about that". Never too much positive I'm afraid.

Regards

Ian

I'm intrigued by the suggestion of "local" nuclear generators. It does seem a "good idea" to me for the following reasons:
The technology and safety problems (re submarines/ships) is already there.
From subs usage it would seem that the only "outside" requirement is cooling water, so each unit could be buried underground or in a hillside in a virtually sealed "box". Pretty terrorist-proof, and if water is cut off then the unit is already sealed to prevent radiation escape in the case of meltdown.
The cost of decommissioning as each unit reaches the end of its life would be far less than a large power station and the loss of contribution to the grid would be minimal.
Wouldn't the details of "feed in" to the grid be similar to that of solar panels?
Or is there an emission problem from subs/ships that we don't know about