One would think of it’s so safe and small they would just build it in Bellevue.
Personally beyond safety my objection to nuclear is more about the centralization and massive potential for corruption.
I’d rather our money was invested in small individually owned energy solutions as much as possible, so that people have control over their own sources, instead of the control being held by massive megacorps and government entities.
They probably would if not for the PR and resulting regulatory hurdles.
Modern designs like molten salt reactors are also amenable to making them much smaller which ties in nicely with your other objections about centralization and corruption. Ultimately we could get back to the 1950s dream of each house having its own small, safe nuclear reactor providing them with independent power.
God forbid we have regulations preventing companies from doing things like warming up rivers to the point where salmon can no longer spawn there, or tainting groundwater for many generations to come.
>each house having its own
I’ll believe it when I see it but even in such a fantasy, I hate to think what it would do to property values to know there were such things in the neighborhood.
If the US were to be powered by a dozen nuclear reactors that would be a HUGE national security issue. Imagine bringing America to its knees with a few successful cyber attacks, let alone physical attacks.
Personally beyond safety my objection to nuclear is more about the centralization and massive potential for corruption.
I’d rather our money was invested in small individually owned energy solutions as much as possible, so that people have control over their own sources, instead of the control being held by massive megacorps and government entities.