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mtgx on July 5, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Safer Nuclear Reactors Are on the Way

If the reactors are much safer by design and default, then they'll also need fewer regulations/patched-up protections later on = cheaper to build and maintain.

tremon on July 5, 2019 [–]

But meanwhile, they still have to conform to all existing regulations required by previous designs.

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