First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled

Re:First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has b... by peyton on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:12PM (#38200679)

Forced labor in solar-grade polysilicon production is effectively in the billions of dollars of government subsidies club. Let’s not kid ourselves.

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Re:First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has b... by kragen on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:56AM (#38202273)

hmm, i hadn't heard of this before

https://www.csis.org/analysis/addressing-forced-labor-concer...

> (...) there is mounting evidence that the polysilicon produced in Xinjiang, the first step in the supply chain for solar photovoltaics, possibly uses forced labor. (...)

> Another major problem is that there is limited visibility into the actual conditions under which polysilicon is produced. In part, this is because Xinjiang is inaccessible, so it is hard to get verifiable facts on the working conditions inside factories. Much of the incredible research that has brought this topic to the surface has involved inference and triangulation.

this was two years ago; is there more reliable information since then?

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