☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoUS 15 years behind China in nuclear power – reportwww.power-technology.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkUS 15 years behind China in nuclear power – reportwww.power-technology.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·4 months agoThe US is infinitely behind because the US does not have the political capability to build any nuclear power anymore.
minus-squareElHexo [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-24 months agoDo they have the technical capacity? They haven’t built many large reactors for a long time
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 months agohow hard can it be? it’s basically bombing a reactor in reverse.
minus-squareroux [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoYou’d think the US would be all about it then.
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 months agoin reverse. so no, that’d be the SU. and anyway, bombing a reactor in reverse means you end up with a bomb and a reactor, and the US doesnt make things.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agogood point, there’s no path for US to actually catch up
The US is infinitely behind because the US does not have the political capability to build any nuclear power anymore.
Do they have the technical capacity? They haven’t built many large reactors for a long time
how hard can it be? it’s basically bombing a reactor in reverse.
You’d think the US would be all about it then.
in reverse. so no, that’d be the SU.
and anyway, bombing a reactor in reverse means you end up with a bomb and a reactor, and the US doesnt make things.
good point, there’s no path for US to actually catch up