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Google adopts small nuclear power reactors at unprecedented scale — inks deal for seven reactors to feed AI data centers (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Any nuclear adoption is good news. This WILL help destigmatize them and help reduce cost by production at scale. Overall, while it's extremely questionable, depending on how many companies get on board it could be net positive

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

This WILL help destigmatize them and help reduce cost by production at scale.

I'm not saying this won't have any benefits. I'm saying that I don't trust Google or the AI craze much, let alone huge corporations in general.

So I'm worried that there might be unforeseen fuckups or "savings procedures" or other ways of squeezing out profit until something breaks.

And those fuckups can easily outweigh the benefits.

If we had good governments and reliable regulation, this would be absolutely thrilling. But we don't, do we?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Except nuclear does not scale, especially not downward. Because any safety measures that have become standard, are required also on the smaller reactors. Except there, they cost relatively more per kWh output when compared to large plants.

I don’t really see this going to work, renewables are continuing to become cheaper and cheaper, and do scale.

But, I’d like to be pleasantly surprised.