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Google commits to buying power generated by nuclear-energy startup Kairos Power

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589 points atomic128 | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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sylware ◴[14 Oct 24 22:23 UTC] No.41842736[source]▶
Typical.

Should not even be allowed to finance nuclear reactors before the long term storage facilities and recycling facilities

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theultdev ◴[15 Oct 24 00:09 UTC] No.41843597[source]▶
Yucca Mountain.
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EasyMark ◴[15 Oct 24 00:18 UTC] No.41843649[source]▶
That’s off the table currently
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theultdev ◴[15 Oct 24 00:20 UTC] No.41843659[source]▶
Because of politics and nothing else.

That's the only issue with nuclear, politics.

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atwrk ◴[15 Oct 24 09:14 UTC] No.41846605[source]▶
But politics are real, and thus are it's consequences.
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1. theultdev ◴[15 Oct 24 21:56 UTC] No.41853525[source]▶
It sure does have consequences.

Easy to split the atom, not so easy to vote (correctly) apparently.

I guess we'll keep shipping it around and storing it onsite, even though a massive facility is already built to house all of it.

Maybe one day people will realize the establishment you keep voting in doesn't want cheap and unlimited energy.

Until then, let's keep talking in circles about it.