Nuclear power now makes up about 25% of the generation of Georgia Power, the largest unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co.

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.

  • TIEPilot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    87·
    1 year ago

    I want to do more research in Thorium reactors. They are much safer than uranium.

    • Pokethat@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      On meltdown issues maybe, but if it’s one of the molten salt types, they generate way more waste. Old school rods make long term storage of waste actually pretty easy

        • schroedingershat@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Burning all actinides is pure scifi. Nothing close to it has ever happened.

          Nor has a full fuel cycle of a thorium reactor burning the primary fuel (U233) to similar burnup levels as a traditional U235 reactor hecause the waste is so much harder to handle and the salts are so corrosive.

        • AngryMob@lemmy.oneEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          And “more” is relative. All the nuclear waste ever created worldwide could be stored in a single specialized facility if we were inclined to do so.

          Compare against the waste generated at a single coal plant.

          • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Now I am not suggesting this… but what would happen if you just dropped it into deepest part of the ocean?

            • Pokethat@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              I’d be more happy if they just dug a really big borehole and then just filled it up where no one lives