First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia
First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia
Nuclear power now makes up about 25% of the generation of Georgia Power, the largest unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co.
First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia::ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.
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Here's another interesting idea for nuclear: small modular plants.
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At first I was wondering why you were downvoted, then I read your second paragraph.
We should be investing in this amazing science!
Oh but fuck that other amazing science over there that everybody is into.
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What does one have to do with the other? Are you under the strange apprehension that if virologists weren't working on vaccines, they'd be working on nuclear reactors?
I hope you realise that
a) When development of the vaccines started, we didn't have much data other than that people were dying by the tens-hundreds of thousands. We didn't have good data for lethality / risk groups before some time had passed.
b) Because of continuous mutations, we couldn't be sure that the data we did have was representative of what was going to happen in months/years.
c) The economic crisis that would have followed hundreds of thousands of more deaths, millions of lost man-years due to sick time, and potential collapse in the healthcare system would far outweigh the cost of vaccine development and distribution?
When you look at the economic consequence of the shut-down that did happen, and the resulting disruption of supply lines, you have to realise how much worse it could have been, and that development and distribution of vaccines was likely a long-term net economic gain, not a loss.
Thats before we even factor in the humane consequence of letting hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, more people die than what we have to, and only look at the economic side of things.