US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design

Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Saturday July 30, 2022 @07:55PM (#32291590)

The US is not, in fact, collecting money for disposal, and has not been for years.

The US is, instead, handing back all the money that was collected to the remaining nuke operators.

Not, notably, to the ratepayers it was collected from.

This is fallout from a court case where nuke operators argued that disposal was flimflam, so the money was collected fraudulently. The court agreed, and ordered the money returned. Not to those it came from, but just to whoever was still operating.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by basilgohar on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:24AM (#32294189)

These are important points you're raising that change the course of the conversation significantly, so please also add citations so that folks can see them, otherwise, the argument falls flat and gets dismissed.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Sunday July 31, 2022 @10:24AM (#32295679)

Wikipedia is right there, if you care.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by delackner on Monday August 01, 2022 @03:41AM (#32303183)

Links or your argument is just noise. Here is the closest I could find to what you are talking about, explicitly saying an appeals court ruled against a nuclear operator trying to get the refund you are talking about:

https://flarecord.com/stories/511480139-appeals-court-rules-...

""" NextEra is still not entitled to a refund because federal law requires the DoE, not NextEra, to actually dispose of the spent nuclear fuel. """

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by BuckRogers on Sunday July 31, 2022 @11:43AM (#32296317)

I went to research this for you and couldn’t find the sources. I’ve dismissed the original argument outright.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Monday August 01, 2022 @10:33AM (#32306509)

I knew you would.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by panick21_ on Saturday July 30, 2022 @08:56PM (#32292003)

I did not know of this development. I have researched these topics quite a while ago.

Its truly sad that these resources were not used to actually develop the advanced reactors and technologies needed to solved the problem.

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