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A remote Air Force base in Alaska is getting its own nuclear reactor::Eielson Air Force Base will get some of its energy from a small nuclear reactor that's scheduled to go online in 2027.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why not be trendy and open a coal mine? They're all the rage nowadays

[–] sorghum 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Germany yes? Shut down all nuclear power plants, level towns for a coal mine, right?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Mmm, black lung

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How are people missing the obvious satire

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yea, for you numbnuts who think I'm pushing for coal, get fucking real

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The base already uses a coal/oil plant for 33 megawatts of power. The micro nuclear reactor would augment 5 megawatts to start, with expectations to expand once up and running.