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Old 03-06-2019, 07:17 PM
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For a mobile unit, maybe you want to consider some of the latest generation nuclear reactors? The last decade has seen a lot of thought put into creating smaller and/or portable reactors. The SSTAR is an example that's probably a bit too big for what you want but effectively illustrates the ability to design a small transportable reactor.
More in line with what you're looking for is the proposal from Los Alamos, a reactor able to be transported by truck.
SSTAR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small,...nomous_reactor
https://www.newscientist.com/article...-power-plants/
Los Alamos reactor
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/0...or-design.html

There's also the push for creating component type, small reactors that can be manufactured in sections, delivered to a site and then assembled as the end-user requires.
General info on small nuclear reactors
https://www.rolls-royce.com/products...eactors.aspx#/
https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/02/...clear-reactor/
https://www.popularmechanics.com/sci...re-on-the-way/
http://www.world-nuclear.org/informa...-reactors.aspx
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/th...tra-1832135363

And this pdf of a 1968 article is worth a quick read
http://large.stanford.edu/courses/20.../aec-oct68.pdf
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