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Here is a 2016 map of Nuclear power plants operating and under construction. https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-the-worlds-nuclear-power-plants/ https://www.car
by rib3ye 4y ago
Here is a 2016 map of Nuclear power plants operating and under construction.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-the-worlds-nuclear-power-plants/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-the-worlds-nuclear-power-...
Some things I found interesting:
Under development: 11 in China, 3 in US
Operating: Over 40 in the US and no major accidents since Three Mile Island (1979).
- ncmncm 4y agoThe US ones, anyway, will be cancelled. Each dollar poured down the rathole first, diverted from renewable build-out, brings climate catastrophe nearer. That has thus far not stoped the pouring.
- notJim 4y agoThis appears to be out of date. Watts Bar 2 [1] is completed and operating. Summer 2-3 were cancelled [2]. Sounds like Vogtle is getting close to coming online [3] 1: https://www.tva.com/newsroom/watts-bar-2-project https://www.tva.com/newsroom/watts-bar-2-project 2: https://www.chooseenergy.com/news/article/failed-v-c-summer-nuclear-project-timeline https://www.chooseenergy.com/news/article/failed-v-c-summer-... 3: https://www.southerncompany.com/innovation/vogtle-3-and-4.html https://www.southerncompany.com/innovation/vogtle-3-and-4.ht...