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.

  • szczuroarturo@programming.dev
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    1 year 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.

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        1 year 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

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          1 year ago

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