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Re:First new US nuclear reactor in decades enters commercial... by jemmyw on Monday July 31, 2023 @07:45PM (#36950465)
If half is the same as a coal plant could existing coal plants be converted to nuclear? They would be in the right places for power generation and it would be a win by reducing coal and not having to build a whole new plant.
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Re:First new US nuclear reactor in decades enters commercial... by preisschild on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:57AM (#36952820)
Thats already the plan for some coal sites. TerraPower (Bill Gates is the Chairman) wants to convert the first one in Wyoming.

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/doe-report-finds-hundreds...

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