February 8, 2022 Leave a Comment A Seattle-based engineering company with a reassuring name has announced that they will be manufacturing 3D printed components for a new generation of low-cost modular nuclear reactors. Low cost nuclear? We know what you are thinking, and don’t worry, because the Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp (USNC) wants you to know that reduced cost doesn’t equal reduced safety. Using a binder-jetting method developed by (and licenced from) Oak Ridge National Laboratories, USNC plans to utilize printed silicon carbide in the fabrication of their modular fission reactors which will help reduce the costs associated with commissioning reactors from billions down to mere tens of millions. Their main product is the Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) which is ostensibly some kind of fission battery, which can also be linked up to other MMRs to produce more power produced, just like super-chonky AA batteries. Render of an underground MMR… read more