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People Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centers (www.forbes.com)
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[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

The 20+ year time to build is at best the direct result of lobbying and NIMBY and realistically just propoganda by antinuclear. The US mean for nuclear construction to production is 8 years. Japan has it down to under 5.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk -4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

You want to drop safety standards on reactors?

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 4 points 3 hours ago

I think they want to drop the lobbying red tape, not the safety standards