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.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Or even less if we – gasp, shock, horror! – reprocessed it.

      (We don’t do that because of overblown fears about nuclear weapons proliferation.)

    • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The Department estimates that continued operation of the current fleet of nuclear power reactors could ~70,000 metric tons of uranium * increase the total inventory of spent fuel from 70,000 metric tons of uranium to 140,000 metric tons of uranium. Nearly all of this spent fuel is being stored at the reactor sites where it was generated, either submerged in pools of water (wet storage) or in shielded casks (dry storage). The Dept of Energy

      Those must be some big fucking trucks. And as far as I know, only Finland has actually developed any long-term storage which could be considered safe.

      Nuclear is fine, but nuclear fanboi takes are similar to weed fanbois, it’s not a perfect solution.