Trump considers EO to expedite nuclear power, is that even possible, or responsible?

[kyzr]

Then why bring up Chernobyl?

To show the risks if done improperly. My opinion is not to rush the nuclear powerplants.
Trump can speed up the process, but he shouldn't cut any corners.

 

[1srelluc]

Biden said the border could not be closed but Trump closed it in a week.

Trump gives marching orders to agencies to get shit done.

 

[kyzr]

Biden said the border could not be closed but Trump closed it in a week.

Trump gives marching orders to agencies to get shit done.

Yeah, okay. DOGE was a great idea, fucking with nuclear powerplants is a bad one.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

To show the risks if done improperly. My opinion is not to rush the nuclear powerplants.
Trump can speed up the process, but he shouldn't cut any corners.

You said we don't use their designs and nobody is rushing.
Approve a standard design. Build a bunch. No need for extended permitting.

 

[1srelluc]

Yeah, okay. DOGE was a great idea, fucking with nuclear powerplants is a bad one.

Why so skeered?

Better fire-up traditional coal/NG power plants then, those data centers every community is trying to get won't run on renewables you know.

Hell, if a million "glowed" in NOtVA and it became uninhabitable Virginia would be red again.

Look on the bright side of life.

 

[Rawley]

To show the risks if done improperly. My opinion is not to rush the nuclear powerplants.
Trump can speed up the process, but he shouldn't cut any corners.

Chernobyl was designed in the 1960s. I think we've progressed a bit since then.

And Trump's been in the construction business for 40 years.

 

[The Duke]

No I'm from PA. I might be wrong, but Trump would want the SMRs to be all American made.

Small modular reactors

Rolls-Royce SMR LTD was established to develop an affordable power plant that generates electricity using a small modular reactor.

www.rolls-royce.com

True.

Well at least you know I wasn't bullshittin'.

UK is still Western Civilization and an ally for the moment, I guess.
It will not be if they let Muslims take them over and they continue to be worse than Nazis.
Picture this: The UK has a total surveillance state and they codified "hatespeech" laws and disarmed their citizens.
This does end well for their citizens unless they wake up.

 

[kyzr]

You said we don't use their designs and nobody is rushing.
Approve a standard design. Build a bunch. No need for extended permitting.

We don't have an approved design for SMRs yet.
Big 2,000 Mw designs are unique.
Permitting is crucial, we don't want another TMI.

 

[kyzr]

Chernobyl was designed in the 1960s. I think we've progressed a bit since then.
And Trump's been in the construction business for 40 years.

Trump builds buildings and golf courses, he knows nothing about nuclear powerplants.

 

[The Duke]

Trump builds buildings and golf courses, he knows nothing about nuclear powerplants.

Rolls-Royce does. There are others as well. This is progress. It really is.
There's several others, this is not the end-all of the small modular nuclear thing.
4 or 5 others, seriously. Not all are as good as the others.

 

[22lcidw]

Chernobyl was designed in the 1960s. I think we've progressed a bit since then.

And Trump's been in the construction business for 40 years.

I think the Russian reactors were called Graphite Reactors. The West used different types with more safety features.

 

[The Duke]

I think the Russian reactors were called Graphite Reactors. The West used different types with more safety features.

Chernobyl was the epitome of Commie fail. Prove me wrong! Grawr!

 

[kyzr]

Why so skeered?
Better fire-up traditional coal/NG power plants then, those data centers every community is trying to get won't run on renewables you know.
Hell, if a million "glowed" in NOtVA and it became uninhabitable Virginia would be red again.
Look on the bright side of life.

NG power-plants are the simplest and safest and fastest to build.

This will be interesting. No matter what Trump does he won't get any power-plants and AI data-centers up and running on his term. We probably need Elon to call the ball on power-plants.

My question is, why do we need so many data-centers? If AI is going to solve all of our problems we should focus on the tough ones first then there will lots of time for other AI studies.

 

[kyzr]

Rolls-Royce does. There are others as well. This is progress. It really is.
There's several others, this is not the end-all of the small modular nuclear thing.
4 or 5 others, seriously. Not all are as good as the others.

I'm a "belt and suspenders" type of engineer. I'd prefer nat-gas plants until SMRs get a track record and get debugged.

We do have SMRs powering carriers and subs, but I don't know if they would be robust enough to withstand an earthquake or other land design conditions.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

We don't have an approved design for SMRs yet.
Big 2,000 Mw designs are unique.
Permitting is crucial, we don't want another TMI.

We don't have an approved design for SMRs yet.

Right.
And we don't need a unique design for every location.

Big 2,000 Mw designs are unique.

I wonder if that makes the approval process longer?
I wonder if that makes the construction process longer?

Permitting is crucial, we don't want another TMI.

You mean that horrible accident where no one died?

 

[kyzr]

We don't have an approved design for SMRs yet.
Right. And we don't need a unique design for every location.

Yes you do. Every location has different design situations. The standard plant may work, or it may need modifications.

Big 2,000 Mw designs are unique.
I wonder if that makes the approval process longer?

The NRC reviews the design and issues a license to the utility.

I wonder if that makes the construction process longer?

Every crucial weld is x-rayed, every piece of steel has a heat number to prove where it was made. The quality assurance program guarantees the materials and workmanship are verified.

Permitting is crucial, we don't want another TMI.
You mean that horrible accident where no one died?

TMI was a meltdown that stayed in the containment building, as designed.
What if there was no domed concrete containment building, like Chernobyl, or like SMRs?

 

[Rambunctious]

Biden did it with offshore wind farms...

 

[Rawley]

Trump builds buildings and golf courses, he knows nothing about nuclear powerplants.

If you built 60 story mixed use skyscrapers in Manhattan, you know construction, and you don't cut corners.

 

[kyzr]

Biden did it with offshore wind farms...

...that went belly up.

 

[Rawley]

We don't have an approved design for SMRs yet.
Big 2,000 Mw designs are unique.
Permitting is crucial, we don't want another TMI.

Again, another facility designed in the 1960s with computers less powerful than the phone in your pocket.