Silicon Valley's Risky Plan to Revive Nuclear Power in America (opens in new tab)

(bloomberg.com)

4 pointsacidburnNSA4mo ago3 comments

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Are you one of the old school nuclear people that think these newcomers are crazy and this might actually damage nuclear's reputation or do you think this will actually work?

I was already sceptical, but this feels like nuclear DOGE.

acidburnNSAOP4mo ago

I'm right in the middle of those groups. I think they're mostly crazy and will be hit on the head with the Rickover memo when reactor performance and economics become real considerations, but also I think the industry has been pretty stagnant and needs some new excitement and to split a few atoms with weird and fun reactors.

Main focus of the industry by far should be deploying more AP1000s or ABWRs right now though.

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acidburnNSAOP4mo ago

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ZeroGravitas4mo ago

Are you one of the old school nuclear people that think these newcomers are crazy and this might actually damage nuclear's reputation or do you think this will actually work?

I was already sceptical, but this feels like nuclear DOGE.

acidburnNSAOP4mo ago

Main focus of the industry by far should be deploying more AP1000s or ABWRs right now though.

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