US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design

Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by reaperducer on Saturday July 30, 2022 @03:54PM (#32289738)

the only thing against it really is political nimbyism

Actually, from what I've read in the local newspapers in the areas affected, the politicians are all for it, so you're making assumptions there.

The people who are against it are the people who actually have to live with the stuff for the next thousand years.

If it's so safe, so stable, so easily rendered harmless, why not bury it in the bedrock beneath Manhattan, or Boston, or Virginia? All places that are far more geologically stable than, for example, Yucca Mountain.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by josephcsible on Sunday July 31, 2022 @12:17AM (#32293134)

Because in major cities, it's more likely that you'll need to dig that area up again for something else.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by TulliusCicero on Saturday July 30, 2022 @05:46PM (#32290678)

Abundance of caution, defense in depth.

If nobody lives there, nobody has to live with it.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by c1ccccc1 on Saturday July 30, 2022 @07:21PM (#32291377)

I haven't checked the geological suitability, but assuming you're right about that, putting the waste in those places seems perfectly fine to me.

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