US regulators have issued a warning to a nuclear project critical to Donald Trump’s efforts to revive the industry, after a contractor fell into a reactor cavity and a bundle of fuel rods nearly tipped over during refueling.
US regulators have issued a warning to a nuclear project critical to Donald Trump’s efforts to revive the industry, after a contractor fell into a reactor cavity and a bundle of fuel rods nearly tipped over during refueling.
This is why people don’t like nuclear. Not because it’s safe when handled properly, but because humans do fuck things up, and corruption, and… I mean look at this!
Good thing nobody screws up oil and spills it into the environment…
I can not like two things at the same time.
Besides that, my energy comes from hydro and solar.
Solar is pretty good, hydro has serious ecological ramifications though. We really need to un-dam a bunch of rivers and restore salmon habitat.
That sadly is true, especially because I’m from a region that was dependent on salmon. They are trying to re establish them, though, and they made some progress. The water quality went up in the last decades and more and more possibilities for them to “climb” have been established. There have been several adult salmons in the last few years, but it’s not like the population grew back. We do have a growing beaver population though, which is another success. So yes, hydro has its downsides, but it’s not like you could build a nuclear power plant into a natural river delta either.
Lies! Nobody can live at that speed!
My mom said I’m special!
Well, a society with no nuclear and no oil - if we could make it just to like solar and wind and such - would be pretty damn special, so I’ll say your mom is right :)
Generally it’s not the technology, it’s the profit first externalization of cost mindset.
Right, this is what drives me up a fucking wall about the horseshoe types. I hear people talking about how I should think it’s a good thing that turnip opened up nuclear energy again. But his incompetence and grift will ensure it lives up to all the worst public fears about it. It’s going to set back nuclear progress immeasurably.
Probably the point of this kakistoctacy though, keep the oil prices up…
Why do you think he went to war with Iran? US oil companies sure aren’t complaining right now. THey need over 62$ a barrel to break even. Before the war it was like 70$ish a barrel. Barely making a profit. As for nuclear progress the US won’t be a leader in that going forward. It hasn’t even moved past uranium steam reactors. China is out here building Thorium Molten Salt reactors. They even have plans to put one in a cargo ship. Combined with their solar and wind production they’re the only hope humanity has to stop climate change.