Worried the United States could fall behind in artificial intelligence, the White House wants to encourage data centers and dedicated power plants.

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  • theonlytruescotsmanEnglish
    102·
    5 days ago

    …look up ANY information on nuclear waste before ever commenting again.

    The Simpsons is not reality.

    • irotsoma@lemmy.worldEnglish
      36·
      5 days ago

      I think maybe you should take your own advice. All of the data is on the NRC and energy.gov websites. There’s about 90,000 metric tons of waste in temporary storage in the US alone and the half life of the waste is around 20,000 years, meaning it will be about 1 million years before it’s safe. There are no functional long term storage facilities and there’s no permanent solution that will last 1 million years. Most are designed for about 10,000 years, which again, don’t actually exist, just designed.

      Edit: oh, and it was the US government who taught me all this information as I had training as part of my job in the Navy.