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They won't build any. It will have the same outcome as the last one where they were supposed to build 2 reactors and basically filled some holes in the ground
by citizenpaul 1y ago
They won't build any. It will have the same outcome as the last one where they were supposed to build 2 reactors and basically filled some holes in the ground with concrete to the tune of $25+ Billion dollars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukegate_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukegate_scandal
Coincidentally I was listening to a podcast today discussing nuclear power and their opinions were that there will never be a big reactor built in the US again. There might be these new style micro reactors though.
- phendrenad2 1y agoWell, we need to solve that problem. Because nuclear power is a watermark for how well a civilization can handle complexity. It's good practice for the next pandemic, or solar flare, or civil unrest. If we can't handle nuclear, we should just throw in the towel and go back to warring tribes.
- ViewTrick1002 1y agoOr just build renewables and storage.
- phendrenad2 1y agoAnd once the world is covered in non-operational solar panels and wind turbines, you think we'll be able to fix it? You think a massive worldwide recycling campaign is going to be easier than nuclear?
- ViewTrick1002 1y agoWhy would they be less operational than any other asset we use in our grids which we continuously repair, replace and upgrade?
- phendrenad2 1y agoIt's all about watts per pound of stuff that will need replaced
- adrianN 1y agoWe’re pretty good at making lots of simple stuff like solar panels. We’re less good at building small numbers of complex things like reactors.
- phendrenad2 1y agoI agree, but my point was this aversion to complexity is our version of the fermi paradox. We're accumulating scars from our addiction to fossil fuels, and beyond that solar, and it's a matter of time before we go extinct as a result.
- ViewTrick1002 1y agoIn what way does solar leave scars?
- BobaFloutist 1y ago> we need to solve that problem. Because nuclear power is a watermark for how well a civilization can handle complexity. We have got to make that measure a target?