this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
656 points (98.7% liked)

Technology

59366 readers
3940 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
656
Google adopts small nuclear power reactors at unprecedented scale — inks deal for seven reactors to feed AI data centers (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
210 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are already existing nuclear reactors. Why would these new ones be any different in regards to their ability to be attacked?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Privately owned, smaller, more locations, more news coverage

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I guess I expect the national energy commission to still regulate the plant to ensure safety standards are the same between public and private.