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1. feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 05:47:37 JST feld
   First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia
   
   https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/first-us-nuclear-reactor-built-scratch-decades-enters-commercial-opera-rcna97258
   
   It takes 14 years and $35B to build a single nuclear plant.
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 05:47:36 JST LS

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     @feld 1 nuclear plant = 1 twitter
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:08:09 JST LS

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     @FUCKINGWHOCARESDUDE @feld by not building a new design every time and not doing it only once every 15 years
   • FWC (fuckingwhocaresdude@5dollah.click)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:08:10 JST FWC

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     @feld That's two units though. Still too expensive, but not sure how that can be fixed
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:16:43 JST LS

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     @cereal @FUCKINGWHOCARESDUDE @feld that's exactly what i said and a very good argument against it
   • 🍤 (cereal@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:16:44 JST 🍤

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     @lain @FUCKINGWHOCARESDUDE @feld an assembly line for nuclear reactors, what a very MBA solution.
   • FWC (fuckingwhocaresdude@5dollah.click)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 07:02:13 JST FWC

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     @lain @feld There's only one design being built in the US, as far as I know, but yes they'll need more of them to achieve any economy of scale. The problem is that the projections were so far off so there is obviously some other costs that are not being accounted for.
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