• jaykrown@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    You would actually be able to design them to be much simpler without the smoke stack as well. Several major design benefits that would trade off the management of nuclear fuel handling. The handling of the core could be such that it’s contained during the entire swap out procedure for safety, so no radiation exposure occurs, and the vehicle wouldn’t need to wait long.