A remote Air Force base in Alaska is getting its own nuclear reactor
(www.popsci.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 2023 16:00
https://lemmy.world/post/5167118
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 2023 16:00
https://lemmy.world/post/5167118
A remote Air Force base in Alaska is getting its own nuclear reactor::Eielson Air Force Base will get some of its energy from a small nuclear reactor that’s scheduled to go online in 2027.
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Why not be trendy and open a coal mine? They’re all the rage nowadays
The base already uses a coal/oil plant for 33 megawatts of power. The micro nuclear reactor would augment 5 megawatts to start, with expectations to expand once up and running.
In Germany yes? Shut down all nuclear power plants, level towns for a coal mine, right?
Mmm, black lung
How are people missing the obvious satire
Yea, for you numbnuts who think I’m pushing for coal, get fucking real
A micro reactor, which is really cool.
This is really cool, but not exactly abnormal. “Nuclear submarines” already have them
Shadow Moses!
Oh sure they can have one but I can’t 🙄
Kinda surprised they don’t already with how long the Navy has been cracking atoms to keep the lights on
Very interesting and very cool. Another very interesting thing here is the company building/running the small reactor is Oklo. Oklo is co founded by Sam Altman, which is the CEO of OpenAI, the company that made ChatGPT. This guy may be a household name in the next few years. Oklo going public via SPAC merger in 2024.
fortune.com/…/sam-altman-oklo-ipo-spac-openai-nuc…
Damn that article URL looks like a bunch of buzzwords stringed together lmao
That is literally what it is :D