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Can't believe we'll get Nuclear Subs but not Nuclear power to combat the actual looming threat of climate change.
by pretendgeneer 5y ago
Can't believe we'll get Nuclear Subs but not Nuclear power to combat the actual looming threat of climate change.
- tbihl 5y agoNo one gets nuclear power, including the people with the subs. We're all phasing it out, out of a shared understanding that the political fight is worse than the climate and other impacts of just letting it die.
- nickhalfasleep 5y agoOr that nobody can make it affordable compared to other clean energy solutions.
- bassman9000 5y agoPower requirements on a sub vs a civilian power plant are on a different scale. A vessel reactor is small enough it easily contained and shielded, by comparison. You get free cooling. And it doesn't have to be cost effective. I'd like more civilian reactors too. But scaling is an issue.