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"First concrete for US advanced reactor" https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-concrete-for-us-advanced-reactor https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/
by philipkglass 1y ago
"First concrete for US advanced reactor"
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-concrete-for-us-advanced-reactor https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-concrete-f...
"Westinghouse, Radiant to perform first US microreactor tests"
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/westinghouse-radiant-to-perform-first-us-microreactor-tests https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/westinghouse-rad...
"Utah to host NuCube test reactor"
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/utah-to-host-nucube-test-reactor https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/utah-to-host-nuc...
"Oklo named to supply microreactor for Alaska airbase"
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/oklo-named-to-supply-microreactor-for-alaska-airbase https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/oklo-named-to-su...
"New York Governor announces plans for new nuclear plant"
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/new-york-governor-announces-plans-for-new-nuclear-plant https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/new-york-governo...
And the US completed its latest commercial power reactor just last year:
https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=1043 https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails....
- Workaccount2 1y agoI can tell you first hand that the regulatory strangulation the NRC has is far beyond any other agency. You think aircraft have intense safety regulations and eye watering parts cost to meet it? Nuclear makes airplanes look like a dive bar of accountability. I really cannot overstate how insanely dense and paralyzing nuclear regs they are.
- asdff 1y agoWe should have been getting those headlines in the 1950s not the mid 2020s. Thank the AEC for that.