Canada just cut a hole in the roof of a working nuclear reactor, hauled out eight steam generators weighing 100 tons each, and lowered new ones into the same hole, bringing the reactor back online seven months early to run another 35 years
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Most of the noise around nuclear right now goes to new reactors. Small modular reactors on slick conference slides, fusion machines in startup press kits, the
  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I mean, I work in the public transport industry and, believe it or not, most project are brought in on time and on budget, but “competent people are competent” doesn’t get rage clicks.

    • lordbritishbusiness@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Too true unfortunately. I like to champion a local public transport project that beat the timeline and came in under budget.

      But when the newspaper doesn’t like the government and wants to stir up controversy they won’t ever discuss all the times it worked perfectly, or try to pretend it didn’t.

      Nothing makes me happier than seeing a plan come together though.