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US Unveils Plan to Triple Nuclear Power By 2050 as Demand Soars (www.bloomberg.com)
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[โ€“] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Energy production is not the bottleneck. The real problem is transport. Our infrastructure cannot handle the demand. We desperately need to upgrade the grid.

[โ€“] finderscult@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Modular reactors help solve that in part by allowing much more local production. While we definitely need massive infrastructure repair and upgrades, we can start that while local reactors are being prepped and built.