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India will have nine nuclear reactors by 2024: Govt

Author: rustoo

Score: 12

Comments: 10

Date: 2021-12-02 22:22:37

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Gravityloss wrote at 2021-12-02 22:26:24:

This is great news and will help the climate. India has made massive solar farms as well. And even more of both are needed down the line.

BitwiseFool wrote at 2021-12-02 23:02:59:

I envy the other nations that have political bodies that are willing and committed towards building more nuclear power.

pedopedopedo wrote at 2021-12-02 23:14:45:

California like the loser state it is just shut down a nuclear reactor.

Gavin Newsom must be the dumbest motherfucker alive.

cdeonier wrote at 2021-12-02 23:30:19:

The comment seems to imply Gavin Newsom decided to shut the plant down-- but it's owned by a private corporation, PG&E. Did we expect Newsom to take control of the plant and keep it open? I can maybe see a case for policy change, but I don't see California being that different from other states in this regard.

While I don't like the trend of closing nuclear plants, this isn't a straightforward decision just to "keep it on", from what I understand. There were seismic concerns for the plant, which is probably a worthwhile consideration given its location in California.

Additionally, I think how the plant performed cooling (drawing from the adjacent ocean) would also negatively impact the local ocean environment, and that type of cooling process was being phased out of California more generally.

FWIW, I'm a fan of nuclear, but I think it's worth digging deeper into underlying problems so we can see what the future solution may need to overcome.

yosito wrote at 2021-12-02 23:02:52:

Great for clean energy, maybe not so great for the India/Pakistan conflict.

jamesmishra wrote at 2021-12-03 00:51:59:

Both India and Pakistan already have nuclear weapons and capable delivery systems. I don't see how the peaceful pursuit of nuclear energy could make anything worse

yosito wrote at 2021-12-03 06:03:49:

If the nuclear force becomes unbalanced, anything could happen.

lifeplusplus wrote at 2021-12-03 09:40:35:

well if conflict breaks out then these would be potential target and nuclear react meltdown is easy to trigger and outcome are humanity ending

desi_ninja wrote at 2021-12-03 00:00:15:

Pakistani is a war mongering unstable state. It will find a reason regardless

lifeplusplus wrote at 2021-12-03 09:39:34:

blanket statements really show off critical thinking, don't they?

naruvimama wrote at 2021-12-03 14:12:32:

Considering how often Pakistan calls for nuclear war or it addresses Osama as a martyr, I would put it along side North Korea in terms of a global threat.

vax1nat0r wrote at 2021-12-02 22:34:04:

Building nukes isn't going to stop people from throwing trash and sewage everywhere or farmers burning their crops.