Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
Why do you mention power density? For batteries it matters, for reactors I don't see what you mean.
megawatts vs land space used.

Quote Originally Posted by Solus Corvus View Post
I'd argue that a high power density is a bad thing. If anything happens to a single high density source then suddenly you have a huge power deficit. Distributed power generation allows the risk to be spread across a larger number of power generation sites.
Well yeah I agree, but there are many cases where you need higher density. Small countries that don't have a lot of space to begin with, for example. Japan is a great example of such a place.