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A passively safe reactor was demonstrated 36 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_II#Passive_safety https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by anderskaseorg 4y ago
A passively safe reactor was demonstrated 36 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_II#Passive_safety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I...
Most reactors today are older or based on older designs, but this is largely for regulatory reasons, not because we don’t have the technology.
(And even these older reactors are among our safest energy sources: https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy)
- bottlepalm 4y agoMaybe if they’ve been maturing that experimental design for 36 years then you’d have a point, but they haven’t so you don’t.
- 8note 4y agoAnd I'd blame anti-nuclear folks for keeping nuclear less safe than it could be, even though it's already one of the least dangerous energy sources in existence
- bottlepalm 4y agoIt’s the government not putting money into R&D across the board. Oh and it’s ridiculously dangerous to the point everything around it must be super protected and over engineered.