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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.

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[–] Zink@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

This is awesome to see, but I wonder if an array of Small Modular Reactors would be the way to do it in the future. Nuclear is a fantastic and safe source of clean energy, so I hope it can compete better on the economic side.

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[–] daFRAKKINpope@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Outstanding!

[–] kryllic@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Goated energy source, hope the stigma lessens over time

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure the stigma will ever go away as long as we are using Uranium as the basis. If we could ever get Thorium based reactors to work and economical I think the public perception would sway considerably when weapon grade material is no longer a possibly byproduct and the worst case scenario drops from a quarantine zone several square miles to power plant just going into lockdown for a few weeks would be a huge step towards public acceptance.

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[–] HR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

With today's contractors? Good luck with that.

[–] czarrie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

We had tried this in SC in expanding one of our sites from one to three. It did not go terribly well.

[–] TheObserver@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Yay! Nuclear is the best!

[–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.net 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Everything is a stopgap until fusion is available

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

We can't let that hinder progress toward implementing the most responsible forms of power generation.

[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

There never has been a fusion reaction which created energy so I guess we'll have to wait some time

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[–] Zithero@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

About fucking time.

[–] Zstom6IP@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

This is great.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Yes! More of this please!

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