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First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia
lemmy.worldFirst U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia - Lemmy.worldFirst U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial
operation in Georgia::ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in
Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American
reactor built from scratch in decades.
what does built “from scratch” mean? Just a more emphatic way of saying “built?” Or that it wasn’t repurposed out of some already built building?
I suspect they mean it's not just continuing a project that protestors managed to get suspended after Chernobyl or Three-Mile Island or Fukushima.
A new project with a new reactor design that was actually seen through to the point of producing electricity has been more challenging in the USA than it should ever have been.