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		noqc on June 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Senate passes bill to support advanced nuclea... Safety, for non-proliferationists, does not refer to meltdown risk. Safety refers preventing the large scale enrichment of uranium.

trynumber9 on June 19, 2024 [–]

The new Natrium reactor - mentioned in the article as being held up for lack of permit - uses HALEU which is a compromise fuel. But that's not good enough for even a single reactor?

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