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First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia (www.nbcnews.com)

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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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[–] aksdb@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I wouldn't call it "clean power". We still don't have a good solution for the nuclear waste.

Edit: Downvotes because I am not religiously defending a technology and pointing out that there are downsides (EVERYTHING HAS DOWNSIDES!). Too many people from reddit here already.

[–] UnPassive@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nuclear power plant waste doesn't significantly contribute to climate change or pollution? So it's "clean" by most metrics.

Nuclear waste can generally be stored on-site without issue. Reprocessing would be nice, but not even necessary. Just because you don't understand the problem, doesn't mean others are "religiously defending a technology."

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Coal was also considered clean in the beginning because they didn't have to sacrifice forests anymore.

We may not consider the waste a problem now, but that may very well look differently in 50 or 100 years.

Again: I am completely fine considering nuclear power as one of the best options we have. I am not so fine pretending it's without tradeoffs, because that would ignore how any other form of energy generation in the past/ever finally turned out.

[–] WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, we do. Burying it works just fine.

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

That's not a solution. That's a workaround.