@RGB to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoFirst new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operationwww.eia.govmessage-square69arrow-up1521arrow-down113
arrow-up1508arrow-down1external-linkFirst new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operationwww.eia.gov@RGB to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square69
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish12•5 months ago I thought it had been longer than that since we commissioned a nuclear power plant, and Does one every eight years or so feel like a decent rate for building these things?
minus-square@Death_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months ago Depends on how much you care about fossil fuel profits. From an environmental perspective, one could be built every year and it wouldn’t do much at this point.
minus-square@hglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoAre others being built now, this one started construction in 2009.
Are others being built now, this one started construction in 2009.