After years of delays and billions of dollars over the original budget, the first of the two new units at Plant Vogtle has officially entered commercial service, Georgia Power has announced, making history as the first new nuclear reactor built from scratch in the U.S. in more than three decades.

The first nuclear reactor built from scratch in the U.S. in more than three decades enters service

  • @howler@beehaw.org
    2•1 year ago

    Reading this, I just realized how odd it is that you never hear complaints about nuclear energy from the coal fields… the only threat they seem to recognize is the slow creep of wind and solar.

    • @Pseu@beehaw.org
      9•1 year ago

      Because nuclear is not a threat. This is the first reactor in 30 years. At this rate, we’ll have a fully nuclear grid in 87,000 years, assuming US electricity consumption doesn’t increase in that time.

      • @howler@beehaw.org
        4•1 year ago

        Yeah, I suppose the proliferation of any sort of nuclear plants arent seen as a threat to them yet. If the natrium plants take off, which seems to be the biggest push, maybe they will start complaining about them in the next decade or two.