alt Hacker NewsAlthough generally safe these reactors aren't totally safe.
I'm concerned lax physical security will allow miscreants to blow them up and spread nuclear materials over a wide area. The ensuing panic would totally destroy any goodwill nuclear power has gained over the last 20 years or so.
I'm also concerned these things will mostly be used by Big Tech for their A.I. data-centers playing the Good Samaritan with their claims of "Carbon Neutral Environmentally Friendly A.I."
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Well, gas and oil plants are actively emitting pollutants that kill thousands. And nuclear still is the safest energy sort available.
> I'm also concerned these things will mostly be used by Big Tech for their A.I. data-centers
Why is that a concern?
Regardless, better that they're the ones who spend the money for these reactors, and better that they use nuclear instead of coal or gas plants.
One option is to also mandatorily lock the powerplants to the municipal grid, and provide rebates to data center operators via net metering instead of simply giving them cash back.
But yes, the lax security and the laissez-faire don't give a shit attitude of the current admin far outweighs any of these benefits
"Miscreants" conjures in my mind an image of little British boys with dirty feet in Industrial Revolution era attire.