I’m not sure if we’re allowed to ask questions on this sub. It seems mostly news articles but I figured I’d give it a go.

So Bruce Power in Ontario is planning to build the world’s biggest nuclear plant in the world (by expanding on an existing plant).

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/ontario-new-nuclear-build-1.6897701

BC is more well known for hydroelectric, but that particular source hasn’t really been greatly expanded on in decades and site-C is pretty controversial.

This got be thinking:

How do we in BC feel about nuclear power? Would you support one near where you live? Why or why not, and what other power options would you prefer?

  • gaiussabinus@lemmy.world
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    Not super into the plutonium kind. Would prefer one of those modular liquid salt deals the conservatives were pushing last election… but less moronic. See now that I think on how these clowns can’t care for a cat maybe we shouldn’t get a nuclear plant. Not because nuclear is bad.

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      Which type of reactor is that?

      I know there one that will have a salt melt and encapsulate the nuclear rods in case of an overload event, but that’s a containment measure and would still need a radioactive element such as plutonium for the process to work.

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        They were barge built, towed thorium salt nuclear reactors that would be build in a shipyard and towed to site. Most designs for thorium reactor use uranium doping to kick off the reactor after wich its self feeding. It comes with a salt plug in the botton of the reactor that will allow the fuel to drain out of the reactor core if there is a case of overheating. The safety bonus to these things is they have many passive means of self-moderation and self-snuffing if something isnt right. Im not a fan of on the water with a reactor. The chances that maintenance will get ignored is not insignificant. The terms of the deal with the company also both sucked and introduced extra risk.