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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 5 days ago

Can we afford to be afraid of nuclear power?

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Can we afford to be afraid of nuclear power?

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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 5 days ago
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Not only is nuclear essential if we want to reach net zero – it’s the key to tackling poverty, too
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    Sure, here’s a Wikipedia article:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_nuclear_power_plant

    Here’s IAEA:

    https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/floating-nuclear-power-plants-benefits-and-challenges-discussed-at-iaea-symposium

    Aside from that, nuclear power is used in some of the icebreakers since the Soviet era:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_icebreaker

    Also, I was under the impression China has such ships deployed, while they are actually being built. Russia has an operational one.

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      Thanks for the links. So there is only one Russian floating nuclear power plant and it has a permanent location in Chukotka. This isn’t much like what you described to be honest.

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        It’s a relatively new technology, and such is its proposed use.

        The Russian plant is stationed there for the time being, yes, but it could be moved elsewhere, which is the beauty of it. It’s just that Chukotka relies on it for now.

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