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Apr 09, 2023

, @NRCgov staff simply cut and pasted the existing rules for large conventional reactors into a mammoth 1,200-page regulation for new reactor types. These developments are a shock for anyone counting on a nuclear revival to cut climate emissions. Absent substantial regulatory reform, the future of nuclear energy in the US will look very much like the past. Quote Tweet Ted Nordhaus @TedNordhaus · 15h Will Washington Halt the Global Renaissance of Nuclear Power? - Hopes to slash emissions using nuclear energy are being dashed by U.S. regulators. — src

It's just absolutely infuriating that in 2019 congress directed the NRC to make it feasible to create new reactor designs and the NRC responded by making the process more burdensome. Nuclear power is significantly less deadly than fossil fuels, even accounting for meltdowns and failures.

Anthropic is planning to spend a billion dollars to build their next Large Language Model, these things are getting really big really fast.

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• NASA released a model called DAGGER that predicts solar storms 30 minutes before they happen. Thread with details.

• If you're following the housing element laws through the courts, there was a major ruling today. TL;DR: CA court affirmed taht state agency that oversees housing really does have final say over whether a city is compliant.

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