I was reading along looking for the babylon bee or onion call outs...
I was reading along looking for the babylon bee or onion call outs...
Nuclear adoption continues accelerating, and now Virginia sure thinks it has found the way to "clean energy, billions in investment, and a solution to surging power demand". The state is going to host the world's first fusion power plant, according to the Virginia Mercury.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin said this week: “Commonwealth Fusion Systems plans on building the world’s first grid scale commercial fusion power plant in the world, full stop, and it’s going to be right here in the commonwealth of Virginia.”
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), founded in 2018 in Cambridge, Mass., plans to build a fusion power plant in Chesterfield County's James River Industrial Park. The facility, set to produce 400 megawatts of electricity to power 150,000 homes, could be operational by the early 2030s.
Fusion power, replicating the sun’s energy production, offers a cleaner alternative to traditional fission. The 25-acre project highlights Virginia’s role in advancing energy solutions amid surging demand from energy-intensive data centers supporting big tech. . .
Source (zerohedge.com)
>Nuclear adoption continues accelerating, and now Virginia sure thinks it has found the way to "clean energy, billions in investment, and a solution to surging power demand". The state is going to host the world's first fusion power plant, according to the Virginia Mercury.
>Gov. Glenn Youngkin said this week: “Commonwealth Fusion Systems plans on building the world’s first grid scale commercial fusion power plant in the world, full stop, and it’s going to be right here in the commonwealth of Virginia.”
>Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), founded in 2018 in Cambridge, Mass., plans to build a fusion power plant in Chesterfield County's James River Industrial Park. The facility, set to produce 400 megawatts of electricity to power 150,000 homes, could be operational by the early 2030s.
>Fusion power, replicating the sun’s energy production, offers a cleaner alternative to traditional fission. The 25-acre project highlights Virginia’s role in advancing energy solutions amid surging demand from energy-intensive data centers supporting big tech.
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[Source](https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/virginia-will-be-home-worlds-first-nuclear-fusion-power-plant)
More power to them, pun intended. Become energy independent.
More power to them, pun intended. Become energy independent.
The fuel can't be sourced cheaply. The cost overruns will make nuclear look like a dollar tree. There's no guarantee it can produce the advertised energy, nor be as easy to run without downtime or repairs.
I guess the only upside is if containment is breeched it won't leak anything highly radioactive.
Fusion is not prime time ready, any more than solar panels in Washington and Oregon are.
The fuel can't be sourced cheaply. The cost overruns will make nuclear look like a dollar tree. There's no guarantee it can produce the advertised energy, nor be as easy to run without downtime or repairs.
I guess the only upside is if containment is breeched it won't leak anything highly radioactive.
Fusion is not prime time ready, any more than solar panels in Washington and Oregon are.
You're such a killjoy. Just imagine the amount of money laundering it can do... man!
You're such a killjoy. Just imagine the amount of money laundering it can do... man!
My bad. Trying to be realistic about it. Don't get the wrong idea, I love fusion as a concept. I just hate to think of it being set back again because the first commercial plant turned into a communist money laundering program. Or worse, the building leaks alpha emitters after useage and people lose their shit like they did over the three mile island nothing-burger
My bad. Trying to be realistic about it. Don't get the wrong idea, I love fusion as a concept. I just hate to think of it being set back again because the first commercial plant turned into a communist money laundering program. Or worse, the building leaks alpha emitters after useage and people lose their shit like they did over the three mile island nothing-burger