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Re:I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough by FollowingTheDao on Saturday May 06, 2023 @07:29AM (#35840269)
...and Gates makes a profit. This makes me worry about how the plant is being sold. I mean what are the unknown unknowns? I mean does a statement live this give you confidence?

"TerraPower says these risks have been considered and addressed as much as reasonably possible."

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/01/25/former-dea-nuclear-s...

"Tallen said he’s not ideologically opposed to nuclear power. He said he rubbed elbows with that crowd years ago, but it’s not where he stands today.

“The distrust of nuclear power is one of the major ideological tenets of left-wing, anti-establishment politics,” Tallen said. “I had to say to them, I can’t agree with you on many of your basic assumptions. I’m just saying that this particular [Natrium] technology pursued the way it is right now – I don’t think it’s a good idea.” "

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Re:I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough by DarkNova6 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @08:32AM (#35840732)
For some reason "reasonably possible. Sounds a lot like "economically reasonable".

Which should absolutely worry anybody who has the faintest ideas about how insidious Sodium is as a cooling material.

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