silence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoWhy California is Reconsidering Nuclear Energy After 50-Year Ban | The state is one of several looking into allowing new nuclear reactors to meet climate goals as AI power demand surges.www.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up118file-text
arrow-up118external-linkWhy California is Reconsidering Nuclear Energy After 50-Year Ban | The state is one of several looking into allowing new nuclear reactors to meet climate goals as AI power demand surges.www.bloomberg.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoAs they should IMO. SMRs look like a good solution to a lot of power problems, including the electricity needs of Data Centers.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoNot without basic safety rules in place. Things like how many guards are needed to prevent theft of fissile material and whether it is OK to have radiation leaks should not be left up to corporate profit decisions
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 hours agoThose laws have existed at the federal level for decades.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 hours agoThe Republicans quietly rewrote the associated regulations moving the decision-making around them to corporations As long as they have the potential to do that during the lifetime of a reactor, having nuclear at all isn’t ok
As they should IMO. SMRs look like a good solution to a lot of power problems, including the electricity needs of Data Centers.
Not without basic safety rules in place. Things like how many guards are needed to prevent theft of fissile material and whether it is OK to have radiation leaks should not be left up to corporate profit decisions
Those laws have existed at the federal level for decades.
The Republicans quietly rewrote the associated regulations moving the decision-making around them to corporations
As long as they have the potential to do that during the lifetime of a reactor, having nuclear at all isn’t ok