Prior Storage Pod designs have been built into many build-it-yourself storage systems and some commercial OEMs have also picked up on the design.

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Singh says that this could help speed up the design process by making it possible to have a high-precision part built in weeks rather than months.

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That's a lot of risk capital for any venture-backed start-up, especially considering that not one new commercial nuclear reactor design has been approved and built in the United States for 30 years.

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The master design was drawn up by David Mackay of Barcelona-based MBM Arquitectes, who designed and built the boulevards for the Spanish city's Olympic village.

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