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In this world, basically every structure (building, factory, car, etc...) has a tiny nuclear reactor in it, and operates like a nuclear submarine. There isn't even an electrical grid; everything structure produces its own electricity. (There was a very famous terror attack that involved terrorists first disabling an electrical grid in a densely populated city, so now the society is highly skeptical of relying on them.)

The nuclear reactors produce steam, and that steam pressure is used to power all mechanical processes, including:

• A heat pump to heat a heating line and cool a coolant line for all heating and cooling needs (even cooking and refrigeration). Heat pumps are a purely mechanical process!
• Normal pumps to pump water and air
• Steam engines to power vehicles and industrial robots (the vehicles are hybrid)
• A small electric generator similar to a car alternator (electricity is for lighting, computing, electronic communication, and powering tiny devices that can't fit a nuclear reactor)

Basically like a nuclear submarine. The control rods are automatically adjusted to maintain constant steam pressure.

It is otherwise similar to our real, contemporary world.

This of course means that society uses a lot of uranium and can't tightly regulate it. How likely is it for people to illegally create nuclear bombs, and how hard is it for the police/intelligence agencies to stop them?

In this world, basically every structure (building, factory, car, etc...) has a tiny nuclear reactor in it, and operates like a nuclear submarine. There isn't even an electrical grid; every structure produces its own electricity. (There was a very famous terror attack that involved terrorists first disabling an electrical grid in a densely populated city, so now the society is highly skeptical of relying on them.)

The nuclear reactors produce steam, and that steam pressure is used to power all mechanical processes, including:

• A heat pump to heat a heating line and cool a coolant line for all heating and cooling needs (even cooking and refrigeration). Heat pumps are a purely mechanical process!
• Normal pumps to pump water and air
• Steam engines to power vehicles and industrial robots (the vehicles are hybrid)
• A small electric generator similar to a car alternator (electricity is for lighting, computing, electronic communication, and powering tiny devices that can't fit a nuclear reactor)

Basically like a nuclear submarine. The control rods are automatically adjusted to maintain constant steam pressure.

It is otherwise similar to our real, contemporary world.

This of course means that society uses a lot of uranium and can't tightly regulate it. How likely is it for people to illegally create nuclear bombs, and how hard is it for the police/intelligence agencies to stop them?

In this world, basically every structure (building, factory, car, etc...) has a tiny nuclear reactor in it, and operates like a nuclear submarine. There isn't even an electrical grid; everything structure produces its own electricity. (There was a very famous terror attack that involved terrorists first disabling an electrical grid in a densely populated city, so now the society is highly skeptical of relying on them.)

The nuclear reactors produce steam, and that steam pressure is used to power all mechanical processes, including:

• A heat pump to heat a heating line and cool a coolant line for all heating and cooling needs (even cooking and refrigeration). Heat pumps are a purely mechanical process!
• Normal pumps to pump water and air
• Steam engines to power vehicles and industrial robots
• A small electric generator similar to a car alternator (electricity is for lighting, computing, electronic communication, and powering tiny devices that can't fit a nuclear reactor)

Basically like a nuclear submarine. The control rods are automatically adjusted to maintain constant steam pressure.

It is otherwise similar to our real, contemporary world.

This of course means that society uses a lot of uranium and can't tightly regulate it. How likely is it for people to illegally create nuclear bombs, and how hard is it for the police/intelligence agencies to stop them?

In this world, basically every structure (building, factory, car, etc...) has a tiny nuclear reactor in it, and operates like a nuclear submarine. There isn't even an electrical grid; everything structure produces its own electricity. (There was a very famous terror attack that involved terrorists first disabling an electrical grid in a densely populated city, so now the society is highly skeptical of relying on them.)

The nuclear reactors produce steam, and that steam pressure is used to power all mechanical processes, including:

• A heat pump to heat a heating line and cool a coolant line for all heating and cooling needs (even cooking and refrigeration). Heat pumps are a purely mechanical process!
• Normal pumps to pump water and air
• Steam engines to power vehicles and industrial robots (the vehicles are hybrid)
• A small electric generator similar to a car alternator (electricity is for lighting, computing, electronic communication, and powering tiny devices that can't fit a nuclear reactor)

Basically like a nuclear submarine. The control rods are automatically adjusted to maintain constant steam pressure.

It is otherwise similar to our real, contemporary world.

This of course means that society uses a lot of uranium and can't tightly regulate it. How likely is it for people to illegally create nuclear bombs, and how hard is it for the police/intelligence agencies to stop them?

In this world, basically every structure (building, factory, car, etc...) has a tiny nuclear reactor in it, and operates like a nuclear submarine. There isn't even an electrical grid; everything structure produces its own electricity.

The nuclear reactors produce steam, and that steam pressure is used to power all mechanical processes, including:

• A heat pump to heat a heating line and cool a coolant line for all heating and cooling needs (even cooking and refrigeration). Heat pumps are a purely mechanical process!
• Normal pumps to pump water and air
• Steam engines to power vehicles and industrial robots
• A small electric generator similar to a car alternator (electricity is for lighting, computing, electronic communication, and powering tiny devices that can't fit a nuclear reactor)

Basically like a nuclear submarine. The control rods are automatically adjusted to maintain constant steam pressure.

It is otherwise similar to our real, contemporary world.

This of course means that society uses a lot of uranium and can't tightly regulate it. How likely is it for people to illegally create nuclear bombs, and how hard is it for the police/intelligence agencies to stop them?

In this world, basically every structure (building, factory, car, etc...) has a tiny nuclear reactor in it, and operates like a nuclear submarine. There isn't even an electrical grid; everything structure produces its own electricity. (There was a very famous terror attack that involved terrorists first disabling an electrical grid in a densely populated city, so now the society is highly skeptical of relying on them.)

The nuclear reactors produce steam, and that steam pressure is used to power all mechanical processes, including:

• A heat pump to heat a heating line and cool a coolant line for all heating and cooling needs (even cooking and refrigeration). Heat pumps are a purely mechanical process!
• Normal pumps to pump water and air
• Steam engines to power vehicles and industrial robots
• A small electric generator similar to a car alternator (electricity is for lighting, computing, electronic communication, and powering tiny devices that can't fit a nuclear reactor)

Basically like a nuclear submarine. The control rods are automatically adjusted to maintain constant steam pressure.

It is otherwise similar to our real, contemporary world.

This of course means that society uses a lot of uranium and can't tightly regulate it. How likely is it for people to illegally create nuclear bombs, and how hard is it for the police/intelligence agencies to stop them?