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Environment & Energy

Finishline42

(1,160 posts) Sun Dec 28, 2025, 05:57 PM 10 hrs ago

Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) Ingots [View all]

Saw this on X and don't know if it's accurate. Maybe our forum expert can chime in? If it is, it's going to be a big impediment to building a bunch of new nuclear power plants...

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Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) Ingots [View all] Finishline42 10 hrs ago OP

The article lists the five countries that have the capabilty to make these vessels and the U.S. isn't one of them. FadedMullet 10 hrs ago #1

We like to fire skilled people, Turbineguy 9 hrs ago #3

Got that right Flash953 9 hrs ago #4

The technology is not necessarily rocket science, and can be built. It is true that antinukes have worked to... NNadir 10 hrs ago #2

Molten salt reactors don't have problems with excessive pressure Flash953 9 hrs ago #5

This dramatically overstates the concern. A few easy points to consider FBaggins 9 hrs ago #6