RE: Jaimie Mantzel, the Original "Adventure Builder" and Mad Scientist Extraordinaire, Has Joined Steemit!
Wow! That post was two years old. You must be one of the very first Steemians.
The FlexBlue idea is very easy to do. The only question is whether or not it is worth it to submerge them in coastal seas or would it be better to put them in the ground. Cable to send power is expensive and expensive to maintain. If you can put a reactor below ground near a city is is much easier to afford.
The US Department of Energy is interested in the concept of a Small Modular Reactor, which is very similar to the FlexBlue idea. The DOE would prefer to make them in the form of rail cars that can be buried underground and will run for 50 years. At that point the reactor is worn out and the fuel is spent, so you just abandon it in place and install a new one.
The only real problem with the idea is the price of natural gas. Right now the gas prices are so low that you can install gas turbines and never have to worry about the n-word. Nuclear is a long term commitment but the investment in infrastructure is driven by short term profit.
Fascinating, I'm glad I followed you. I am slowly building up my collection of like minded clever people on this site. :) Indeed, I am among the first users of this site. You'd think I'd be doing better.
Of course I am biased in favor of FlexBlue's approach because it's one of a vanishingly small number of applications that's profitable enough to warrant the creation and long term emplacement of underwater habitats. There's just not many things you need such structures for that can't be done without them, and that's profitable enough to justify the outlay.
If Flexblue goes forward, their reactor habitats will be the largest stationary manned undersea structures in history.