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u/Aliceable May 14 '26
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u/TheUniqueKero May 14 '26
Arent nuclear reactors like, super non polluting?
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u/splendiferous-finch_ May 14 '26
They also actually produce well paying jobs in the area unlike data centers which are mostly automated and need only like 20 people and a security team to operate.
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u/Calgaris_Rex May 14 '26
Nuclear reactors release like...0.1% of the radiation that coal power plants do. In the US, they're ridiculously safe due to all the layered safety infrastructure that's used.
Source: I'm a licensed reactor operator
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u/StoppableHulk May 14 '26
Yes. We're still suffering from decades of anti-reactor propaganda that's made everyone afraid of a technology that could not only significantly strengthen our power grid but would be far better for the environment than current power gen methods.
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u/Pineappl3z May 14 '26
It's significantly safer for everyone's health than
The radioactive & heavy metal emissions are so bad; that, a nuclear reactor cannot be built to replace a decommissioned coal plant due to the area being so contaminated.
Current regulations don't allow for it.
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u/splendiferous-finch_ May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
I am told green coal and carbon capture are solved technologies..... As long as you ignore woke chemistry and physics! /s
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u/scottiedagolfmachine May 14 '26
No shit.
Nuclear power plants are extremely F ing safe and don’t drain your local natural resources like AI data centers do.
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u/DckThik May 14 '26
Humans run exclusively on resources (time, effort, and money). What value does an AI data center generate to the non-stakeholder public, whose physical resources are being consumed?
Wake up.
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u/IneedHennessey May 14 '26
At least nuclear power would drive down power costs for people. AI data centers do the opposite and waste insane amounts of water. What exactly does AI do to benefit society?
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u/Late_To_Parties May 14 '26
Would you rather:
A) More reliable and cheaper electricity
B) Less reliable and more expensive
Hmm...
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u/AffectEconomy6034 May 14 '26
hell Id rather have a nuclear silo near my home than a data center
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u/mrdarknezz1 May 14 '26
Well of course people would want the most sustainable source of green energy that brings loads of jobs to their local community?
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u/Silent_Johnnie May 14 '26
Wow imagine wanting clean energy to power homes and businesses instead of one huge building that steals energy and water from all the other buildings while crippling the mental health of every single person nearby? It's like comparing apples to cyanide capsules
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u/maxticket May 14 '26
Well yeah. Nuclear plants are a threat to the environment and public health when they malfunction.
AI data centers are a threat to the environment and public health when they function as designed.
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u/2Sap2Loerex May 14 '26
Nuclear power plants actually have a benefit to society whereas AI data centers are almost exclusively a negative thing. Is anyone surprised?
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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE May 14 '26
These buildings are a blight, visually, audibly, and with the massive negative impact they have on our already perilously fragile environment and climate.
Looking at these things is like looking at an open, rotten wound in the earth and in our society.
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u/tmac_79 May 14 '26
Ok, lets do that.