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If you're surprised by the lack of paperwork in fission reactors, just wait till you see (or... not!) the documentation on coal and ng powerplants!
by mlsu 4y ago
If you're surprised by the lack of paperwork in fission reactors, just wait till you see (or... not!) the documentation on coal and ng powerplants!
- cycomanic 4y agoActually in several instances nuclear operators have managed to reduce regulations compared to coal and NG.
- ncmncm 4y agoCoal and NG are, like fission, on their way out.
- bsagdiyev 4y agoYou argue this a lot on HN but real world shows the opposite happening.
- ncmncm 4y agoHow many coal plants are scheduled for construction, this decade? The only place I have heard of plans to build literally any coal plants at all is in China, but they have not broken ground on them. China also says it will build hundreds of nukes, but has started only a few. It is building out solar and wind farms like nobody's business. China is always happy to cancel plans for what they turn out not to need. They even abandon things they spent big money on that turn out redundant: lately, a record-setting bridge you can read about. We read about coal plants being shut down and scrapped, everywhere. The only place where coal plants are brought back online is in Europe in response to a regional crisis involving a war. Are you sure you want to stake claims about long-term policy based on emergency response to a war? That seems like a very courageous position to take.