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		m348e912 on March 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear re... It's not that reactors are needed in the permadark regions, it's just they they tend to be very cold and it should be easier to dissipate heat from the reactor.

slobotron on March 19, 2023 [–]

I thought that it's hard to radiate-away heat in vacuum?

generalizations on March 19, 2023 | [–]

Dump the heat into the ground.

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