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The first one is going into Lincoln County Wyoming in the city of Kemmerer. The city, county and state are all excited to get this reactor. They have the full

The first one is going into Lincoln County Wyoming in the city of Kemmerer. The city, county and state are all excited to get this reactor. They have the full support of the state. This state has a very diverse power production profile and provides power to most of the western states. The only people not so happy are the coal miners that are soon to be out of work. Kemmerer is also a coal mining city. Some of them have already started relocating.

grecy 4y ago
Interesting that Wyoming is talking about banning the sales of EVs [1] to protect the oil and gas industry. By that logic, a pesky nuclear reactor would surely also endanger their precious oil and gas profits.... [1] https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3815311-wyoming-lawmakers-propose-ban-on-electric-vehicle-sales/ https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3815311-wyoming-law...
- LinuxBender 4y ago
  I think its just virtue-signalling for the people soon to be out of work as the coal mines are slowly shutting down, also mentioned here [1] That said the state has little demand for EV's so probably not too many people noticed. Probably also to give some confidence to the oil investors but I am not an investment expert. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34395111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34395111
- puffoflogic 4y ago
  > a pesky nuclear reactor would surely also endanger their precious oil and gas profits (A), stop taking obviously unserious legislation seriously, it's a bad look. (B), they can comfortably rely on other jurisdictions having their heads shoved way too far up their own assholes that those other jurisdictions will not ever adopt nuclear, and will therefore remain reliable oil and gas customers.
LatteLazy 4y ago
That's great. The issue is finding 99 more buyers so this can work at scale (the whole point of smr). Then you just have to deliver 100 reactors and do so on budget and without any defects. This is why I say the regulation is the EASY part. People were amazed when Tesla got off the ground because it was the first time anyone had succeeded at starting a new car maker in 100 years. This is the same idea, but much harder.
- LinuxBender 4y ago
  You could be right. Time will tell I suppose. I will keep a close eye on these and submit articles here as they are created and add comments from the locals that end up working there.
- loeg 4y ago
  If other energy sources were regulated like the NRC, they would also be more expensive. Coal wouldn’t have been built at all. Nuclear regulation is not “the easy part.”

grecy 4y ago

Interesting that Wyoming is talking about banning the sales of EVs [1] to protect the oil and gas industry. By that logic, a pesky nuclear reactor would surely also endanger their precious oil and gas profits.... [1] https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3815311-wyoming-lawmakers-propose-ban-on-electric-vehicle-sales/ https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3815311-wyoming-law...

LinuxBender 4y ago
I think its just virtue-signalling for the people soon to be out of work as the coal mines are slowly shutting down, also mentioned here [1] That said the state has little demand for EV's so probably not too many people noticed. Probably also to give some confidence to the oil investors but I am not an investment expert. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34395111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34395111
puffoflogic 4y ago
> a pesky nuclear reactor would surely also endanger their precious oil and gas profits (A), stop taking obviously unserious legislation seriously, it's a bad look. (B), they can comfortably rely on other jurisdictions having their heads shoved way too far up their own assholes that those other jurisdictions will not ever adopt nuclear, and will therefore remain reliable oil and gas customers.

LatteLazy 4y ago

That's great. The issue is finding 99 more buyers so this can work at scale (the whole point of smr). Then you just have to deliver 100 reactors and do so on budget and without any defects. This is why I say the regulation is the EASY part. People were amazed when Tesla got off the ground because it was the first time anyone had succeeded at starting a new car maker in 100 years. This is the same idea, but much harder.

LinuxBender 4y ago
You could be right. Time will tell I suppose. I will keep a close eye on these and submit articles here as they are created and add comments from the locals that end up working there.
loeg 4y ago
If other energy sources were regulated like the NRC, they would also be more expensive. Coal wouldn’t have been built at all. Nuclear regulation is not “the easy part.”