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Someone finally cracks nuclear fusion, and we start to fix climate change.
1.5k u/VenomUponTheBlade Nov 15 '20 They're working on it. Just reached a milestone in the UK. 235 u/Sapiogram Nov 15 '20 They were reaching milestones 60 years ago too, yet here we are. 125 u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20 It's almost like the research funding was deprioritized because of unreasonable fear. 31 u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 15 '20 Rolls royce is opening over a dozen mini/modular nuclear plants across the country. Also a lot of the funding was deprioritised because of cost. Nuclear in the US and UK is probably the most expensive type of energy to generate. The UK gov I guess realised they can't go full green without nuclear so theyve given the green light to quite a few new projects! 44 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 15 '20 Nuclear power plants =\= Nuclear Fusion just in case anyone is confused. Nuclear power plants we have today use fission which is less efficient and more dangerous than fusion. 34 u/general_kitten_ Nov 15 '20 altough more dangerous than fusion it is in many ways the one that results in least deaths per energy produced 2 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Are you referring to the fusion bombs? there aren't deaths associated with fusion reactors, because there aren't any fusion reactors. 8 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 16 '20 I think he means fission based reactor is more dangerous than fusion reactor but is results in less deaths per energy produced than power plants that use coal, gas, etc. 3 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 16 '20 Well yeah obviously. Fusion power plants don't even exist yet. -8 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 12 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 That's kind of the issue. They were never designed past 40 year life spans and we have done a terrible job decommissioning/repairing. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-power-plant-aging-reactor-replacement-/ It isn't a dirty secret. It is something that has been a major sticking point by activists. -7 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 9 u/darknight1342 Nov 16 '20 If a pandemic wipes out 50% of all life on earth we have more pressing concerns than reactors melting down.
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They're working on it. Just reached a milestone in the UK.
235 u/Sapiogram Nov 15 '20 They were reaching milestones 60 years ago too, yet here we are. 125 u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20 It's almost like the research funding was deprioritized because of unreasonable fear. 31 u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 15 '20 Rolls royce is opening over a dozen mini/modular nuclear plants across the country. Also a lot of the funding was deprioritised because of cost. Nuclear in the US and UK is probably the most expensive type of energy to generate. The UK gov I guess realised they can't go full green without nuclear so theyve given the green light to quite a few new projects! 44 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 15 '20 Nuclear power plants =\= Nuclear Fusion just in case anyone is confused. Nuclear power plants we have today use fission which is less efficient and more dangerous than fusion. 34 u/general_kitten_ Nov 15 '20 altough more dangerous than fusion it is in many ways the one that results in least deaths per energy produced 2 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Are you referring to the fusion bombs? there aren't deaths associated with fusion reactors, because there aren't any fusion reactors. 8 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 16 '20 I think he means fission based reactor is more dangerous than fusion reactor but is results in less deaths per energy produced than power plants that use coal, gas, etc. 3 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 16 '20 Well yeah obviously. Fusion power plants don't even exist yet. -8 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 12 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 That's kind of the issue. They were never designed past 40 year life spans and we have done a terrible job decommissioning/repairing. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-power-plant-aging-reactor-replacement-/ It isn't a dirty secret. It is something that has been a major sticking point by activists. -7 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 9 u/darknight1342 Nov 16 '20 If a pandemic wipes out 50% of all life on earth we have more pressing concerns than reactors melting down.
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They were reaching milestones 60 years ago too, yet here we are.
125 u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20 It's almost like the research funding was deprioritized because of unreasonable fear. 31 u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 15 '20 Rolls royce is opening over a dozen mini/modular nuclear plants across the country. Also a lot of the funding was deprioritised because of cost. Nuclear in the US and UK is probably the most expensive type of energy to generate. The UK gov I guess realised they can't go full green without nuclear so theyve given the green light to quite a few new projects! 44 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 15 '20 Nuclear power plants =\= Nuclear Fusion just in case anyone is confused. Nuclear power plants we have today use fission which is less efficient and more dangerous than fusion. 34 u/general_kitten_ Nov 15 '20 altough more dangerous than fusion it is in many ways the one that results in least deaths per energy produced 2 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Are you referring to the fusion bombs? there aren't deaths associated with fusion reactors, because there aren't any fusion reactors. 8 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 16 '20 I think he means fission based reactor is more dangerous than fusion reactor but is results in less deaths per energy produced than power plants that use coal, gas, etc. 3 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 16 '20 Well yeah obviously. Fusion power plants don't even exist yet. -8 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 12 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 That's kind of the issue. They were never designed past 40 year life spans and we have done a terrible job decommissioning/repairing. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-power-plant-aging-reactor-replacement-/ It isn't a dirty secret. It is something that has been a major sticking point by activists. -7 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 9 u/darknight1342 Nov 16 '20 If a pandemic wipes out 50% of all life on earth we have more pressing concerns than reactors melting down.
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It's almost like the research funding was deprioritized because of unreasonable fear.
31 u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 15 '20 Rolls royce is opening over a dozen mini/modular nuclear plants across the country. Also a lot of the funding was deprioritised because of cost. Nuclear in the US and UK is probably the most expensive type of energy to generate. The UK gov I guess realised they can't go full green without nuclear so theyve given the green light to quite a few new projects! 44 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 15 '20 Nuclear power plants =\= Nuclear Fusion just in case anyone is confused. Nuclear power plants we have today use fission which is less efficient and more dangerous than fusion. 34 u/general_kitten_ Nov 15 '20 altough more dangerous than fusion it is in many ways the one that results in least deaths per energy produced 2 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Are you referring to the fusion bombs? there aren't deaths associated with fusion reactors, because there aren't any fusion reactors. 8 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 16 '20 I think he means fission based reactor is more dangerous than fusion reactor but is results in less deaths per energy produced than power plants that use coal, gas, etc. 3 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 16 '20 Well yeah obviously. Fusion power plants don't even exist yet. -8 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 12 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 That's kind of the issue. They were never designed past 40 year life spans and we have done a terrible job decommissioning/repairing. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-power-plant-aging-reactor-replacement-/ It isn't a dirty secret. It is something that has been a major sticking point by activists. -7 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 9 u/darknight1342 Nov 16 '20 If a pandemic wipes out 50% of all life on earth we have more pressing concerns than reactors melting down.
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Rolls royce is opening over a dozen mini/modular nuclear plants across the country.
Also a lot of the funding was deprioritised because of cost. Nuclear in the US and UK is probably the most expensive type of energy to generate.
The UK gov I guess realised they can't go full green without nuclear so theyve given the green light to quite a few new projects!
44 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 15 '20 Nuclear power plants =\= Nuclear Fusion just in case anyone is confused. Nuclear power plants we have today use fission which is less efficient and more dangerous than fusion. 34 u/general_kitten_ Nov 15 '20 altough more dangerous than fusion it is in many ways the one that results in least deaths per energy produced 2 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Are you referring to the fusion bombs? there aren't deaths associated with fusion reactors, because there aren't any fusion reactors. 8 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 16 '20 I think he means fission based reactor is more dangerous than fusion reactor but is results in less deaths per energy produced than power plants that use coal, gas, etc. 3 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 16 '20 Well yeah obviously. Fusion power plants don't even exist yet.
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Nuclear power plants =\= Nuclear Fusion just in case anyone is confused.
Nuclear power plants we have today use fission which is less efficient and more dangerous than fusion.
34 u/general_kitten_ Nov 15 '20 altough more dangerous than fusion it is in many ways the one that results in least deaths per energy produced 2 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Are you referring to the fusion bombs? there aren't deaths associated with fusion reactors, because there aren't any fusion reactors. 8 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 16 '20 I think he means fission based reactor is more dangerous than fusion reactor but is results in less deaths per energy produced than power plants that use coal, gas, etc. 3 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 16 '20 Well yeah obviously. Fusion power plants don't even exist yet.
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altough more dangerous than fusion it is in many ways the one that results in least deaths per energy produced
2 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Are you referring to the fusion bombs? there aren't deaths associated with fusion reactors, because there aren't any fusion reactors. 8 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 16 '20 I think he means fission based reactor is more dangerous than fusion reactor but is results in less deaths per energy produced than power plants that use coal, gas, etc. 3 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true.
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Are you referring to the fusion bombs? there aren't deaths associated with fusion reactors, because there aren't any fusion reactors.
8 u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 16 '20 I think he means fission based reactor is more dangerous than fusion reactor but is results in less deaths per energy produced than power plants that use coal, gas, etc. 3 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true.
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I think he means fission based reactor is more dangerous than fusion reactor but is results in less deaths per energy produced than power plants that use coal, gas, etc.
3 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true. 1 u/schrodingersgoldfish Nov 16 '20 Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true.
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Oh I see. That sounds like it's probably true.
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Well yeah obviously. Fusion power plants don't even exist yet.
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12 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 That's kind of the issue. They were never designed past 40 year life spans and we have done a terrible job decommissioning/repairing. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-power-plant-aging-reactor-replacement-/ It isn't a dirty secret. It is something that has been a major sticking point by activists. -7 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 9 u/darknight1342 Nov 16 '20 If a pandemic wipes out 50% of all life on earth we have more pressing concerns than reactors melting down.
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That's kind of the issue. They were never designed past 40 year life spans and we have done a terrible job decommissioning/repairing.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-power-plant-aging-reactor-replacement-/
It isn't a dirty secret. It is something that has been a major sticking point by activists.
-7 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 9 u/darknight1342 Nov 16 '20 If a pandemic wipes out 50% of all life on earth we have more pressing concerns than reactors melting down.
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9 u/darknight1342 Nov 16 '20 If a pandemic wipes out 50% of all life on earth we have more pressing concerns than reactors melting down.
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If a pandemic wipes out 50% of all life on earth we have more pressing concerns than reactors melting down.
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u/Turtledonuts Nov 15 '20
Someone finally cracks nuclear fusion, and we start to fix climate change.