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New 700MW nuclear plant in Gujarat, India, begins running at full capacity (www.power-technology.com)

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NPCI is building two 700MW pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR), including Units 3 and 4 at Kakrapar, where there are two 220MW power plants. Officials say that in July, the fourth unit recorded 97.56% progress.

Wonder why they're building these instead of thermal coal plants

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[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (6 children)

We need this badly. It's the stop-gap until we get fusion reactors online. Nuclear is a clean energy as long as it's maintained correctly.

[–] GenEcon@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Fusion reactors might be hundreds of years away, if they are possible at all.

But nuclear power is perfect for bridging such long times. This unit took 16 years from planning to full operation. So we won't be done soon, if we go this route.

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

We've had several net positive fusion tests. I believe they're possible. The science is there. How long it takes is another matter.

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