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> Any engineer would take one look at this and go yep, let's put a nuclear reactor on one or more of Singapore's 64 surrounding islands. This was actually a pl
by culturestate 6y ago
> Any engineer would take one look at this and go yep, let's put a nuclear reactor on one or more of Singapore's 64 surrounding islands.
This was actually a plan years ago[1], but they couldn’t identify an island that they found suitable for building/reclamation and which met the 30km setback requirements for a nuclear plant.
1. https://mothership.sg/2018/08/lee-kuan-yew-nuclear-power-plant-pedra-branca/ https://mothership.sg/2018/08/lee-kuan-yew-nuclear-power-pla...
- nl 6y agoAnd given the number of tsunamis in the region and the specific example of Fukushima it's pretty clear why they don't want to compromise on that requirement.