First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia::ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.

  • Stoneykins [any]
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    1 year ago

    I never said 100% of the power demand. I said most of the power demand. As of now nuclear is a smaller part of the energy produced, and making it a significant part of the path away from fossil fuels would be a wildly expensive, slow, emission filled endeavor, not to mention the nuclear waste. But, people with opinions like yours act like it is a magic power battery we have failed to plug in out of stupidity. There is nothing quick about nuclear. You want quick, you go with wind and solar.

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      1 year ago

      You could have just admitted that you don’t know what I was proposing instead of making such strange assumptions.

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        1 year ago

        So what is it you are proposing if I’m making “assumptions”? Some half measure that both isn’t good enough AND wastes time, money, and space? Pound for pound nuclear isn’t worth it except in specific places where wind AND solar are completely non-viable. It has it’s place in those kindof places, but they will hardly make up a significant portion of energy demand.