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Bill Gates-backed nuclear contender Terra Power aims to build dozens of UK reactors::A Bill Gates-backed clean energy player is hoping to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the UK and will compete with global rivals.

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[โ€“] raginghummus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Idk about you but in a world where collapse is a distinct possibility, I'd rather not have a bunch of nuclear facilities just hanging around.

[โ€“] iquanyin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
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[โ€“] totallynotfbi@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As much as I dislike Bill Gates, I hope that this project finds success. With that said however, they're going against Rolls Royce, GE, and Hitachi, which are probably more trustworthy for the government than a relatively new startup

[โ€“] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Rolls Royce, GE, and Hitachi are more likely to succeed, but they're doing little to innovate beyond light water reactors. Even among LWRs, NuScale has a more interesting design because it contains enough water to shut down without human intervention.

It's good that some startups are trying to improve long-tail safety, because the probability of failure increases with the number of reactors in the world.

[โ€“] Antimutt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd cheer if it was Thorium. Uranium is only going to get more expensive. And I worry Bill is only after the tech that goes into UK submarines powered by these small RR reactors.

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