• moomoomoo309@programming.devEnglish
    173·
    10 months ago

    In France. They standardized the designs so each one isn’t a one-off and they trained more people to work in the field.

    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
      813·
      10 months ago

      Those are not at all cheap and are subsidized by enrichment for weapons purposes.

      France is trying to extend their service lifetime beyond what they were designed for because they can’t face the bill to replace them with newer reactors.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        10 months ago

        and are subsidized by enrichment for weapons purposes in order to reprocess the waste into new fuel

        FTFY. That’s a good thing and we should be doing it here in the US, too.