Message-ID: <675b4ab4@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <9eb45192-e996-fa3d-b002-c02798bb2b7a@example.net> <7Gq5P.102876$7FA3.79818@fx13.iad> <5d39f504-e3f6-3830-a9fc-fc79cf7fc557@example.net> <992330af-c771-9db3-7d20-deb5e0cb882d@example.net> <7896d790-e533-a390-b024-abc1edcd1c15@example.net> <253549be-ac18-daa7-6b9a-a3b41e3e91e7@example.net> <54acad70-d817-060f-5378-304258c3a1f0@example.net> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 13 Dec 2024 06:42:28 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 20 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Bytes: 2244 D wrote: > On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> But by the mid 1970s they had become competitive with the rise in fuel >> prices, and today's level of computer systems and long range networking would >> probably result in just a couple of people to manage any routine issues on >> the power plant and satellite comms back to the nuclear power plant builder >> to tell them what to do if anything went outside operational norms > > I wonder if they could use the model from some SMR startup for ships? A reactor > that is preloaded and welded shut. Yes, and the reactor model for ships is basically the model for SMR start-ups, except with the vague idea that they're suddenly going to be much cheaper somehow (I'll believe it when they "hit the shelves"). -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#