Re:Rolls-Royce plans mini nuclear reactors by 2029
by chantelles on Saturday January 25, 2020 @07:25AM
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Horror story from my stepfather at Bruce Nuclear Power Plant in Ontario Canada: At least twice a year there was a "secret leak" where he had to come home early but no media was alerted and they had to hire racialized folks from the city to go in and make repairs. He also stole reactor sealer to seal our basement from spring leaks and our basement leaked. And on and on. Canada has very loose safety standards and cuts lots of corners.
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Re:Rolls-Royce plans mini nuclear reactors by 2029
by arcticbull on Saturday January 25, 2020 @08:49AM
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> At least twice a year there was a "secret leak" where he had to come home early but no media was alerted...
Uh, [citation needed].
> ... they had to hire racialized folks from the city to go in and make repairs...
Racialized... folks?
> He also stole reactor sealer to seal our basement from spring leaks and our basement leaked.
That might be because, and I'm speculating here, your basement isn't a reactor. I've heard that a sealant for a specific kind of material may not work on literally any other kind of material.
> Canada has very loose safety standards and cuts lots of corners.
That's just pretty objectively false.
Re:Rolls-Royce plans mini nuclear reactors by 2029
by asymptotically2 on Saturday January 25, 2020 @02:38PM
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>> Canada has very loose safety standards and cuts lots of corners.
> That's just pretty objectively false.
Don't they still mine asbestos in Canada?
Re:Rolls-Royce plans mini nuclear reactors by 2029
by arcticbull on Sunday January 26, 2020 @12:48PM
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While a fair point, no, the last mine stopped operating in 2011 in Thetford Mines, and a total ban was brought in around 2018. The government is investing in some technologies to extract magnesium from the left-overs while neutralizing the remaining fibers [1].
[1] https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/canada-b...