# Nuclear Power News and Debates **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 1, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power-news-and-debates/979176 "2023-02-01T20:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power-news-and-debates/979176/181 "2024-09-23T06:50:07Z")
Look forward to seeing what they can pull off. It does sound like a smart program, but the devil is in the details. I assume the three reactors are identical, so they’ll get some amortization. Good to hear about China as well, though I must admit that I’m not very enthused about pebble bed reactors. They have some safety advantages but as we’ve gone on at length about, ordinary light water reactors are also very safe. I’m more looking forward to truly new designs like ones that burn thorium, or traveling wave reactors. Well, it’s good that they’re building dozens of normal reactors as well. I’ll be happy if the US can build a few more nuke plants, perhaps re-open a couple, and most importantly not close any down. And combine that with a massive build-out of solar+battery. California is not doing too bad but Texas is starting to kick our ass in clean energy buildouts. I’m sure the relatively friendlier regulatory environment is a part of that. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power-news-and-debates/979176/182 "2024-09-23T16:06:34Z")
Lots more _uninhabited_ windy land helps too. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power-news-and-debates/979176/183 "2024-10-01T00:56:53Z")
And another nuclear power plant to re-open: > **[Michigan nuclear plant finalizes federal loan to support first reactor...](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/30/michigan-nuclear-plant-finalizes-federal-loan-to-support-first-reactor-restart-in-us-history.html)** > > The restart of the reactor at Palisades would mark a milestone for the nuclear industry after a decadelong wave of reactor shutdowns in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power-news-and-debates/979176/184 "2024-10-05T18:10:23Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > **Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI** > > The owner of the shuttered Pennsylvania plant plans to bring it online by 2028, with the tech giant buying all the power it produces. But: > **[Refurbished Three Mile Island Payment Structure Is Not Quite What It Seems -...](https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/04/refurbished-three-mile-island-payment-structure-is-not-quite-what-it-seems/)** > > A plan by Microsoft and Constellation to restart Reactor 1 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant fudged a bit on the details. This is only happening because of expected federal subsidies: $1.6 billion loan guarantee and $200/million a year in federal tax credits on the sale of the power. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power-news-and-debates/979176/185 "2024-10-05T19:09:04Z")
I’d certainly rather charge the remaining fossil fuel plants for their externalities than subsidize clean power, but I guess I’ll take it. Other forms of clean power get subsidies, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power-news-and-debates/979176/186 "2024-10-10T21:49:05Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Germany has possibly the stupidest energy policy in the developed world Ok, turns out that Taiwan has an even stupider energy policy: > **[Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out...](https://www.wired.com/story/taiwan-makes-the-majority-of-the-worlds-computer-chips-now-its-running-out-of-electricity/)** > > Highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, soon to shutter its last nuclear plant, and slow to build out renewables, the world’s largest producer of advanced computer chips is heading toward an energy crunch. The climate change aspects are bad enough. But the geopolitical aspects are even stupider. Let’s make our island nation completely dependent on fossil fuel imports that could be easily blockaded by their nearby enemy. One wonders if the public opposition to nuclear is driven by Chinese propaganda. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power-news-and-debates/979176.md?page=9)