Air-Portable Nuclear Reactor

[KenV]

Originally Posted by Glevum

I would not describe the small US reactors as having an exemplary safety record.

There were significant problems with the PM-3A Reactor at McMurdo

Small-scale US nuclear reactor blamed for spiking cancer rates, casting pall over Russia?s FNPP fetish - Bellona.org

These date back to 1950s and 60s designs. It's fascinating to me that nuclear reactor technology has (allegedly) remained static for several decades, while essentially every other technology has made steady and in many cases leaping advances over the same period. Funny that.