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Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standard, White House says

(arstechnica.com)
425 points nixass | 3 comments | 02 Apr 21 18:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.527s | source
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DangitBobby ◴[02 Apr 21 18:38 UTC] No.26674437[source]▶
What happens to reactors after 50 or 100 years of global/national decline due to environmental and geopolitical circumstances?
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1. thereisnospork ◴[02 Apr 21 18:45 UTC] No.26674528[source]▶
I dunno, but that worries me much less than what happens to the thermonuclear warheads so I'd say that ship has sailed.
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2. politician ◴[02 Apr 21 19:06 UTC] No.26674803[source]▶
The half-life of Tritium is ~12 years. In a scenario where upkeep stopped, eventually enough would decay that the warheads would no longer be able to attain their design yield.
3. stjohnswarts ◴[03 Apr 21 14:05 UTC] No.26681145[source]▶
That's not really a worry, it's relatively easy to tear down thermonuclear devices and then pitch the plutonium into the deepest part of the ocean.