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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: 0.694s | source
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kart23 ◴[02 Apr 21 18:45 UTC] No.26674533[source]▶
Fun/Depressing fact: The USA has more floating reactors than reactors on land.
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alex_anglin ◴[02 Apr 21 18:52 UTC] No.26674622[source]▶
Source?
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1. toomuchtodo ◴[02 Apr 21 18:54 UTC] No.26674657[source]▶
US Navy nuclear fleet.

Caveat: US Navy is more responsible about operating its reactors than commercial generators.

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2. yellowapple ◴[02 Apr 21 19:21 UTC] No.26674978[source]▶
Further caveat: it's arguably much easier to cool a reactor when said reactor floats on a literally-planet-covering heatsink.
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3. toomuchtodo ◴[02 Apr 21 19:23 UTC] No.26674998[source]▶
Absolutely. Worse case scenario, you scuttle the vessel and the reactor is surrounded by a cooling medium in perpetuity.