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First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia (www.nbcnews.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You need a schedulable power source if you want to fully replace carbon. A lot of batteries with super high capacity (that may exists in the future) could stabilize solar enough, and a lot of solar arrays may give enough power, but in summers you you will be forced to throw away some of the energy, which is a big waste. And this is an hypothetical scenario, nuclear is a technology that already exists, we could have decarbonised decades ago using nuclear. -> Don't get me wrong, I don't mean that we should rely on nuclear power alone, but we should first cover the base energy load with nuclear, then use solar and wind for the rest