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Comment Re:Meh (Score 1) 575

Well, the other thing is nuclear power is something right out of science fiction to most people. They only have the vaguest idea how it works, and it's like magic. I think that adds to the passion also. To some people advancing nuclear power is propelling the human race into the fabulous future.

Comment Re:Meh (Score 3, Interesting) 575

To me it's the sheer volume of power you get from each reactor. Seabrook in NH is 1244 MW. Our subs measure the amount on uranium fuel used for a core's lifetime in grams. That's all the power used for propulsion, etc. for a period of years. Of course there's a lot more to it than that, but that's what gets me. Compared to 2 hydro dams near here that are 1.2MW or thereabouts a piece.
I loved it when I was in the Navy and all the protesters against Seabrook, and no one stopped to think that there were at least 4 mobile reactors at the shipyard across the river at any given time back then.

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