Re:Chasing utopian energy: How I wasted 20 years of my life
by sct202 on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @12:23PM
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Nuclear is an option but it's not a fast option. The newest reactor designs from Westinghouse and EPR have taken 9 years at the fastest to complete in China and much longer everywhere else. You can say the regulations or NIMBYs are slowing down construction, but those aren't an issue in China.
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Re:Chasing utopian energy: How I wasted 20 years of my life
by ouid on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @12:44PM
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I know that China has a rampant corruption problem, and very poor safety track records, but Westinghouse's reputation is very much on the line here, and not even China can afford to invoke the stigma of a nuclear accident. You can't deny a meltdown the way that you can deny, say, a virus leaked from a lab.