1589
submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia::ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] szczuroarturo@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago

The old soviet legacy. And a bit of actual disasters and from the 2 significant ones (hiroshima and chernobyl) half are beacuse of the soviets.

[-] RedneckFinn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

*Fukushima

Hiroshima was the freedom bombing disaster

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

on a side notw how people have dies from fukushima in the years since and how many have died from coal? Also you can compare the number of long term health problems

[-] cryball@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Doesn't matter. Bad news at the time was enough to scare people for the next 30 years.

this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2023
1589 points (98.1% liked)

Technology

63023 readers
2314 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS