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The expectation is that their close-to-Trump investors will push for the dismantling of the NRC, which is something Republicans wholly support, which will of co

by fakedang 10mo ago

The expectation is that their close-to-Trump investors will push for the dismantling of the NRC, which is something Republicans wholly support, which will of course make their rejection moot.

boringg 10mo ago
Maybe but the underlying tech still needs to perform which, as i understand it from public docs, has not. No amount of clear runway will make up for an airplane not being able to take flight.
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SilverElfin 10mo ago
The NRC is now mostly composed of Trump appointees. They’ve been quietly doing that. His most recent appointee was just made chair. Expect permits for friends of the Trump family and heavy regulation for competitors. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/4412927/trump-new-chair-nuclear-safety-agency-ho-nieh-pivotal-period-change/ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environ...
pseudalopex 10mo ago
DOGE told regulator to ‘rubber stamp’ nuclear[1] [1] https://www.eenews.net/articles/doge-told-regulator-to-rubber-stamp-nuclear/ https://www.eenews.net/articles/doge-told-regulator-to-rubbe...
- riffraff 10mo ago
  FYI (this was news to me, so it may be to other people), DOGE no longer exists. So in the end they did manage to cut some waste, themselves! https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eigh...
rayiner 10mo ago
Getting things I voted for that I didn’t even know about. https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-replaces-nrc-chair-as-he-remakes-agency/ https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-replaces-nrc-chair-as-... Anyone could’ve picked up the mantle of fixing the NRC, which is an obviously broken agency. France transitioned the majority of its grid to nuclear back in the 80s. Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden, anyone could have picked up this low hanging fruit and fixed the problem. Nobody even tried.

The expectation is that their close-to-Trump investors will push for the dismantling of the NRC, which is something Republicans wholly support, which will of course make their rejection moot.

boringg 10mo ago

Maybe but the underlying tech still needs to perform which, as i understand it from public docs, has not. No amount of clear runway will make up for an airplane not being able to take flight.

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SilverElfin 10mo ago

The NRC is now mostly composed of Trump appointees. They’ve been quietly doing that. His most recent appointee was just made chair. Expect permits for friends of the Trump family and heavy regulation for competitors. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/4412927/trump-new-chair-nuclear-safety-agency-ho-nieh-pivotal-period-change/ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environ...

pseudalopex 10mo ago

DOGE told regulator to ‘rubber stamp’ nuclear[1] [1] https://www.eenews.net/articles/doge-told-regulator-to-rubber-stamp-nuclear/ https://www.eenews.net/articles/doge-told-regulator-to-rubbe...

riffraff 10mo ago
FYI (this was news to me, so it may be to other people), DOGE no longer exists. So in the end they did manage to cut some waste, themselves! https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eigh...

rayiner 10mo ago

Getting things I voted for that I didn’t even know about. https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-replaces-nrc-chair-as-he-remakes-agency/ https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-replaces-nrc-chair-as-... Anyone could’ve picked up the mantle of fixing the NRC, which is an obviously broken agency. France transitioned the majority of its grid to nuclear back in the 80s. Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden, anyone could have picked up this low hanging fruit and fixed the problem. Nobody even tried.