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First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia::ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.

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[–] Uno@monyet.cc 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

what does built "from scratch" mean? Just a more emphatic way of saying "built?" Or that it wasn't repurposed out of some already built building?

[–] ilost7489@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Im going to guess it means that it uses a new design of nuclear reactor because I doubt theyre repurposing an old building and slapping uranium in it

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh. I thought like they had to roll and mill all the metal components, that they forged themselves out of ore they dug up in Georgia.

[–] CubbyTustard@wirebase.org 4 points 1 year ago

“If you wish to make a nuclear reactor from scratch, you must first invent the universe” -carl sagan

[–] Uno@monyet.cc -1 points 1 year ago

I know almost nothing about nuclear power other than it's the most efficient, so you must be right lol 👍

[–] tcely@fosstodon.org 2 points 1 year ago

I suspect they mean it's not just continuing a project that protestors managed to get suspended after Chernobyl or Three-Mile Island or Fukushima.

A new project with a new reactor design that was actually seen through to the point of producing electricity has been more challenging in the USA than it should ever have been.

@Uno