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New York to Build One of First U.S. Nuclear-Power Plants in Generation (lemmy.ml)

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[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Eh, the newest generation of reactors are actually really safe. It's been a while since I've read up on them, but I believe that it's impossible for some of them to meltdown.

The red tape for building nuclear plants was based on the first few gen reactors, and needed to be reduced.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Thoughtfully reduced and changed. I don't trust that the red tape reduction in this case was thoughtful, though I will admit I haven't looked myself. With all the shit being thrown at the wall it's impossible to keep up, even though nuclear power generation is one of my areas of interest.