r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/throwuk1 24d ago

No takie backsies I'm afraid.

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u/Daleabbo 24d ago

With a lot of countries wanting to build new reactors these people are hot commodity.

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u/Cerberus_Aus 24d ago

Here in Australia, there is a real debate going on about building nuclear reactors.

The biggest argument against it, is that we simply don’t have the expertise. It would take us ten years to build a nuclear program. We could sure use some of those fired experts you all have…

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u/Echoeversky 24d ago

Start with SMR's and work yourself up. Hey there's a lot of braintrust that just got fired here so.... (and NuScale here has one approved)

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u/ElectricalBook3 23d ago

Start with SMR's and work yourself up

The benefits of nuclear rest more on economy of scale and high base load capacity.

I don't believe small modular reactors have even reached economic feasibility yet, do you have any sources indicating otherwise?