This is a thread that may be a little technical for some, but I think valuable. I copied from an email provided to me through people I used to work with at Point Beach. It was written by a former SRO/Shift Manager who's working non-nuclear now. "Even though I have spent the last 15 years managing fossil powered peaking plants, I am still a nuke at heart. You are correct in that the late Paul Allen’s team is doing amazing reactor design research out in Oregon and Idaho. "