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Their fusion and fission work is very impressive,” the Microsoft Corp. co-founder said of China’s nuclear innovation efforts. The country is investing more in fusion “than the rest of the world put together, times two

  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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    22 days ago

    If we invest in grid energy storage, we might be able to skip nuclear entirely. In the meanwhile though, we’re kinda stuck. The way I see it, nuclear power is an intermediary step that is hard to avoid.

    • Gamechanger@slrpnk.net
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      22 days ago

      We have all the tools we need, they are easier and built faster than NPPs. So I don’t see your point.

        • Gamechanger@slrpnk.net
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          22 days ago

          Even if this was true, good luck fixing it. Meanwhile, the renewable equivalent of around 80 reactors was built last year.

    • whoever loves Digit@piefed.socialEnglish
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      22 days ago

      I think nuclear power will inevitably continue to go wrong (once in a while) as long as humans use it, and it could contribute to the extinction of the planet if overused, so I hope it only goes wrong in ways that result in people not using it where it’s not needed, instead of ways that result in no life surviving human impact