Re:Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators
by colechristensen on Friday January 14, 2022 @04:13PM
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That question does not need to be asked. Nuclear power is dangerous and needs to be done with extreme care and extensive regulation. A worst case nuclear disaster can have local and not so local effects which are worse, sooner, and longer lasting than any global warming threat. If you are careful those things don’t happen.
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Re:Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators
by adrianN on Saturday January 15, 2022 @01:10AM
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Nuclear accidents contaminate a few thousand square kilometers for a few hundred years at the very worst. Global warming threatens the stability of the whole ecosphere and carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere decrease in timeframes on the order of tens of thousands of years.
Re:Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators
by roughly on Friday January 14, 2022 @04:28PM
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Alternatively, “we asked that question and the answer is ‘yes’.”
Re:Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators
by mst on Friday January 14, 2022 @06:42PM
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I suspect that the current state of things is that nuclear is overregulated on a 'consequences to humanity' basis but not necessarily on a 'convincing humanity to let us ever build more nuclear plants' basis.