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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

well on a long enough scale the whole of earth is temporary. That said yeah we can store it in container that survive a train crashing into them. At that point how much more safer can you be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All solutions taht go byond theory manage one or maybe two hundread years, the rest is pure fiction and possibly won't ever work...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

not from what I have read on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because people like to pretend that we can dispose of it in old mines and it will bind to the correct materials but that's the theory part because rn we store it in very temporary containers that are desinged for decades not centuries

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

not from what I've read.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I really liked the part when you linked a source in your comments. Oh, wait