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...
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.