alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoThe nuclear industry’s big bet on going small: Small modular reactors might be the nuclear industry’s best hope for a renaissance.www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkThe nuclear industry’s big bet on going small: Small modular reactors might be the nuclear industry’s best hope for a renaissance.www.vox.comalyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareOmnipotentEntity@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago If all the nuclear waste from U.S. power plants were put on a football field, it would stack up just 50 feet high. In comparison to the waste produced by every other kind of electricity production, that quantity is close to zero. From this Forbes op-ed.
From this Forbes op-ed.