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==Economics and workforce capacity==

The expected cost advantages of EM2 lie in its simplified power conversion system, which operates at high temperatures yielding approximately 50 percent greater efficiency and a corresponding one-third reduction in materials requirements than that of current nuclear reactors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articlearticles/SB10001424052748703791504575079370538466574.html | title=General Atomics Proposes a Plant That Runs on Nuclear Waste|last=Smith|first=Rebecca|date=Feb 22, 2010|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref>

Each module can be manufactured in either U.S. domestic or foreign facilities using replacement parts manufacturing and supply chain management with large components shipped by commercial truck or rail to a site for final assembly, where it will be fully enclosed in an underground containment structure.