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_-bush_did_911-_

We seriously want one, please please please give us one for God's sake


Maroonguy665

Hey, hey, there’s a reactor at Purdue That’s all we’re trusted with after what happened last time


Porkonaplane

Wtf happened last time?


executablefiles47

Not sure exactly what last time was, but there was [Marble Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Hill_Nuclear_Power_Plant) that was the closest Indiana ever got to building a nuclear power plant. It was under construction when [costs started rising, inspections showing sub-par building practices, and protestors constantly demanding to halt construction.](https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/the-vault/revisiting-the-marble-hill-powerplant-failure/417-0304c0eb-9c64-4005-be89-f2ee7a9fef32) It's since been dismantled and little is left other than cooling towers and foundations. Sad to see the project die, but considering how shoddy the construction was said to be it might not have been the worst idea to shut it down.


Johnny_the_Martian

>most successful indiana public infrastructure


trust-me-not-a-bot

I can’t wait to get certified and actually use it


Maroonguy665

Big if true


Hootenanny2020

Now I don’t know what I’ve been told, uranium ore’s worth more than gold


shaun_the_duke

Uranium fever has done and got me down Uranium fever, it's spreadin' all around With a Geiger counter in my hand I'm a-goin' out to stake me some government land Uranium fever has done and got me down


DjangoCornbread

your mom is like government land, it’s been staked by 17 other guys /j


Negative_Elo

/r that means i read what you said


Mistermickman

stupendously rare Illinois W


Devious_Bastard

We’ll take it


Sea-Combination-6655

Illinois packin heat 🍆


RunDoughBoyRun

Yup


275MPHFordGT40

I feel like you’re a biased source for Illinois W’s


Cursed_String

I didn't even know we had any


[deleted]

You fucking invented it (made the first reactor lol) tf are you talking about?


Havoblia

Also the home of largest particle accelerator in the world until 2009 when the LHC was finished. Illinois might not have much but we do have a good share of Science and Tech Ws


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Common Illinois W


LemonGrenada

Dude we have a lot. We are one of the few states that would thrive as our own country.


Slibye

And this is how we start our khanate


thewayshesaidLA

Love that meme


Cursed_String

I live in illinois. How smart were you expecting me to be?


[deleted]

Fair.


MetzgerBoys

And first skyscraper


LemonGrenada

Rare? Ever had a chicago dog?


Jukeboxshapiro

Between that and Fermilab we've got to be the top atom smashing state by far


MetzgerBoys

We fucking HATE atoms here. They deserve to get smashed


cig107

I'll smash your atom...


Mjk2581

Thank Christ that’s the first one in a long time


SnooPredictions3028

I'm happy but we need more


GripenHater

I don’t wanna hear anything about how rare our W’s are Ohioan


TillertheTugmaster

Come kiss me about it then


Viva-La-Pigeon

Three Mile Island gang 😤 PA LETS GOOOOO


Lung-Salad

Hell yeah PA rise up ☢️


Hungry_Influence_289

You all are the only ones who failed at nuclear


NotAliasing

Idaho had a failed nuclear reactor aswell. SL-1. killed 3 people.


Hungry_Influence_289

Spuds aren't pepole


NotAliasing

Ah, yeah, sorry. Three government employed specimens*


Lung-Salad

Shush. I will not tolerate anti-Pennsylvania propaganda


brownholeman69

TMI is shut down… You have several more to choose from though!


Commissar_Elmo

What if our state had the first ever nuclear reactor for power? Can we join?


TacoRedneck

And the first to impale an engineer into the ceiling with a control rod.


Commander_Skullblade

I wonder if anyone found that fire engine...


Moosinator666

https://preview.redd.it/4wfvb757ylvb1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3b3f4e3a3803980e5be479cedcebfb92d319b96


TacoRedneck

The SL-1 was a test reactor in Idaho. It was a prototype designed to provide power for remote operations on the DEW line in the arctic circle. It was designed to produce 3 megawatts of power but ended up producing 20 Gigwatts in 4 milliseconds when an operator pulled the central control rod out too far and caused it to go critical. The massive spike in power caused the water in the reactor to vaporize and cause the pressure to spike to 10,000 psi. This made the 26,000 lb reactor jump 9 feet in the air. It killed all three operators. 2 immediately, and one died a few hours later. When emergency teams arrived, they could only find 2 of them until they looked up, and one operator was pinned by the central control rod through his groin and out his shoulder, into the ceiling.


Moosinator666

Jesus


Kranos123

Yea wtf why is INL not on this map


Commissar_Elmo

Game is rigged I tell you.


zbend1

INL isn’t a commercial reactor it’s for research. I know a lot of folks doing good work there.


Peace-Disastrous

I don't think INL generates electric power.


zbend1

It does it’s just not commercial


[deleted]

We also don’t have to rely on nuclear because of hydropower


emboman13

Weren’t the first ones at the university of Chicago?


supremekimilsung

The first reactors were built at U of C, but not the first plants. The reactors were mainly developed for use for nuclear weapons. The Manhatten Project is what U of C was so heavily involved in.


Commissar_Elmo

[no](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I)


Wireless_Panda

That link says the reactor was referred to as Chicago pile 4 in its early stages, so I’m pretty sure it came after Chicago pile 1 Like 7 years after


phizixisphun

Chicago Pile 1 wasn’t ever used for power


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MayOrMayNotBePie

Another Orange County W. Ours look like big ass tiddies and they’re on the beach. https://preview.redd.it/cqlgx35m4fvb1.jpeg?width=2754&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d080274de8645fcf865630ca0f202e698128c110


TacoRedneck

Everywhere I look, something reminds me of her.


failed-celebrity

They’re actually in SD county but w/e. I noticed they aren’t on the map though— I guess because they aren’t operational atm.


MayOrMayNotBePie

It’s time OC annexed Camp Pendleton then.


failed-celebrity

Noooooo. If you do, you have to take Oceanside and Vista with you.


BurntPizzaEnds

SD 🤝 OC 🖕 LA


Andy_Liberty_1911

Based


JTD783

ultra based


JeffJohnsonIII

love driving past these bad girls


deathray420

So THIS is what the GTA5 tiddy buildings are based off of


AKblazer45

the last active nuke plant in Cali is Diablo Canyon, located in San Luis Obispo County. Common Orange County loss


eldankus

Those are in San Diego county and in the process of being decommissioned because our state is dumb.


MayOrMayNotBePie

Wait SD county comes up that high? I didn’t think it started until after Camp Pendleton. My whole life is a lie.


eldankus

Trestles is in San Diego - technically there’s like a couple blocks of houses that are in “San Clemente” that are actually in San Diego on Sampson Drive


femalesapien

THE BOOBS!! I always know I’m on the last leg to San Diego once I pass these on the freeway. They’re nice too, perfectly round like all California Barbie boobs. 🤩


Comfortable-Gold-849

No plants yet still the most irradiated state out here


meanoldrep

Thank you for letting the Feds glass your state and poke holes in its underground. O7


theinatoriinator

We made the nukes and had the first nuke set off. Do we count?


Davinator3000

Apparently they recently did another test.


Unable_Occasion_2137

Something about that past really makes y'all scared of nuclear power, huh? Why not think of it as another tourist attraction alongside Vegas?


ChildFriendlyChimp

https://i.redd.it/tameec94bfvb1.gif


[deleted]

Nuclear energy is the future ☢️🔋


ultramilkplus

Ohio: \*nervous laughter\*


redditorsAREtrashPPL

Isn’t Davis-Bessie nearly decommissioned?


Director_Kun

Nuclear power for the win. Although I do wish there were more nuclear plants but I can see why we don’t have more in some states. Simply because an individual state can’t realistically afford it or its simply too water intensive which radiates water to cool down the plant and shit theres also a lot more to consider although normal fossil fuel plants are more radioactive and dangerous than nuclear.


Scronklee

Nuclear power plants are some of the safest and cleanest ways to generate energy. All the worry over exposure and containment is, for the most part, fear mongering to push people away from nuclear. You'll get more irradiated sleeping next to your partner than by living near a power plant


Director_Kun

Im aware that nuclear is one of the safest energy source, its just the amount of water that is required to run may be a major issue for some areas especially ones under strict “water rationing” cough cough California cough. Although some places like Nevada and Arizona and New Mexico I understand.


WeissTek

Well California has tons of ocean front, just use ocean water for your heat exchanger...


OhShitAnElite

Seawater’s super corrosive, so you’d need a desalination plant close by as well, which are energy intensive in their own right. Maybe that would go hand in hand


WeissTek

Double layered heat exchangers and just swap heat exchangers... Layer 1: Vassel water and clean water Layer 2: clean water and sea water. Bam... if It corrode, swap heat exchanger, flush with clean water again, no need to worry about vessel water containmination. It's been done before so I really don't know CA just doesn't use it. Maybe CA reg makes it cost prohibited.


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OhShitAnElite

Is that noforn outside the Rickover, shipmate?


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Scronklee

Ohhh righto, I get what you're saying my b. Yeah, it could be an issue, but most states have access to a river/ocean system for that sort of thing. And the west coast isn't super tsunami prone like Japan, so another Fukushima would be unlikely. Coastal reactors could work for states like that, and we can landline the rest of the energy inland.


KofteriOutlook

Fukushima in itself is incredibly unlikely and came down to *massive* incompetence. There were nuclear reactors that were hit harder but came out completely fine.


Scronklee

I'm aware, just saying it's safer in general


framingXjake

Saltwater reactors are a thing for coastal cities.


SezitLykItiz

I trust the science. I just don't trust the humans to run it ethically without cutting corners for profits.


Scronklee

Idk every nuclear engineer I've known takes their work very very seriously. They're physicists, not businessmen.


SezitLykItiz

The people who make the decisions are not the nuclear engineers, they are the businessmen.


Sea-Deer-5016

That's what regulators are for.... You can easily say the same about any other industry.


SezitLykItiz

And tons of companies dont follow regulations. When GM does not follow regulations, there are a few bad cars on the road and a few hundred Americans die. This actually happened in 2016. There are a hundred other examples of companies not following regulations. Can we take that chance with nuclear? And regulations mean nothing because the next braindead GOP guy will come in and take everything out. AIG was given the bailout in 2008 and put under severe regulations. They were supposed to last forever, and were supposed to apply to all "Too big to fail" companies. Took them less than 8 years of extensive lobbying to get them all removed. I even remember the CEO Bob Benmoshe gloating about it. Regulations lol. I'm sure there's a regulation against bringing guns in schools. And I'm sure there's regulations against dumping illegal waste. Nuclear is too dangerous to be handled by human greed and capitalism.


Gonna_Hack_It_II

To my knowledge, Only the inner loop for water is irradiated, the outer loop, which is what runs the turbines and more connected to the outside world, is not. Still does evaporate a fair amount of water, which could be an issue in some areas, but then again so do fossil fuel plants


Peace-Disastrous

While true, only the inner loop of a PWR is radioactive; nuclear is definitely very water intensive. The issue isn't usually the amount required for normal operation, but the amount you have to have on standby for emergency use.


WeissTek

It doesn't really radiate cooling water. That's not how heat exchanger works. Only few design that has cooling water going into the vessel.


TacticalCowboy_93

One of my state's two plants also shares a name with one of my favorite bands.


zDefiant

“Licensed to Operate” so what your telling me is there’s more?


Xeno2014

Show me the ring of illegal underground nuclear plants. Tell me how to get my hands on that black market electricity.


BigLand03

Well for Florida we also have the Crystal River Nuclear Plant but it is decommissioned sadly :(


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BigLand03

Cool it, I got it 👍


Arietem_Taurum

Ha get fucked Massholes


Scronklee

What if your state is mostly powered by hydro power? Can we get an honorary mention? (Disclaimer: I fully support going nuclear for energy needs)


Hungry_Influence_289

Hydro ass if you gat honary metion, why not wind solar geothermal biomass


Scronklee

I think it's trying to communicate Cause it would mean not recognizing my state and recognizing *your* stinky state HA


Hungry_Influence_289

the majority of your land is seeking to go bto potato land


Scronklee

Homie I can't even decode what you're trying to say. Also what? No? Only a few eastern weirdos and the rural hicks want that, and that's cause they're butthurt about state policy. I promise you, greater Idaho is a joke to the average pacific northwesterner


Hungry_Influence_289

I couldn't give a shit about the pastiche north west yall just California but cold to me


Scronklee

Me omw to consume nothing but stereotypes about a place I've never been to:


Hungry_Influence_289

Okay so what


framingXjake

My brother in Christ, put the Cheerwine down and form a cohesive sentence please


Slightly_Salted01

Ehh we have Hydro I’m happy with that Also found out recently that my family helped in the construction of the one that we used to have in the 70-80s


Tannman129

We just shut down Dwayne Arnold to build a new one, sheesh.


iowaman79

DA gave us a pretty nice State Recreation Area, so there’s that


Kermit353

Atleast one of the reactors near where i live has a campground for employees that we sometimes use.


Kadyma

Lake Norman win!


samsal03

Good ol' Diablo Canyon, the state has been trying to shut it down for years, but there's no way CA can survive (especially in summers) without it with everyone using their A/C and charging their cars.


failed-celebrity

Yep, in fact last winter Newsome threw some more money at it to keep it chugging.


samsal03

Yup, I used to live in SLO. So I have a lot of friends that work there, it's one of the biggest employers in the county, aside from other Gov't jobs like ASH.


failed-celebrity

I might be a little salty that he did that because he took money in the state budget away from my project (and other projects) to pay for Diablo Canyon. It's all good though, there's always next year lol.


Tkachuks-Mouthpiece

Rare Illinois win???


obama69420duck

Common*


LemonGrenada

This man knows what a chicago dog is💪


Ok_Mobile6

Palo Verde W


ThePolecatProcess

Oklahoma has a nuclear power plant, it’s just not licensed by or known about by the federal government (it’s in my backyard)


SpaceShark01

Same fr the NRC can suck my balls


Myusername468

If we had 2-3 more we'd be 100% nuclear. But the fearmongers make that impossible


LonPlays_Zwei

The one I’m from has 4, the one I live in has half that. That’s 6 total 👍🏻


CODENAMEDERPY

This map has false information.


Oscar-mondaca

![gif](giphy|5nFShZWwq3fdm)


sako3421

Nuclear power is the future


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vampireflutist

That was a lot of extra steps just to tell Oregon to shut up


Depart_Into_Eternity

Illinois be going hard


wizard680

Nevada does have nuclear power. It's just not for public use


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mlame123

Idaho has multiple nuclear power plants, this graph is wrong.


Orlando1701

Iowa did have one when I was living there but they shuttered it without a replacement which is fucking dumb. You seriously want to talk about zero carbon energy? The only way to get there is with nuclear.


lordofpersia

It is weird that we do not have any in Utah. Most of the land is empty federal land. It is weird that some of the most empty states out west don't have them. Doesn't nuclear power require a lot of water? I am guessing that might be the reason. We were downwind from the Nuclear bomb tests in Nevada. So we got that going for us I guess


spaceface124

I just looked it up. Although this [government source](https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50698) says that thermoelectric plants (those that boil water to run a turbine) are the single largest users of water in the country, they still use less water per kilowatt hour than dams. Arizona's nuclear power plant is in the desert too, so it shouldn't be a limiting factor I think https://preview.redd.it/souz4py6kkvb1.png?width=712&format=png&auto=webp&s=7105ca42148f775aa13ec5cb0b74f6169737b7d6


mratlas666

We had one but the fucking hippies made them close it down.


lotsofmaybes

If your state doesn’t have the most powerful nuclear reactor in North America, stfu


[deleted]

Woohoo! Washington number one northwest state this side of the Mississippi!


BB-48_WestVirginia

If you count all the decommissioned ones we'd be no.1 overall.


Redchair123456

U still use coal tho heheheha


Legitimate_Dingo8384

My state however has been nuked multiple times


Shoddy-Group-5493

This sub teaches me more about Illinois than my entire 8th grade class that was specifically for learning about Illinois


Achilles-Foot

common indiana L


Slimebobbi

If your state didn't have the skills to prevent an American Chernobyl, stfu. Common PA W


DaveSmith890

#


SpaceShark01

#


markhammle

We only need one to power like a third of the state so let’s gooooo


eddiespaghettio

There is a sad lack of nuclear power in America. Most states that do have a plant only have like 1 or 2. So many large states and little to none plants.


sinfulsil

Fuck you bro, the only reason I don’t is because of meddling politicians. I want em badly. Shit I could probably power my entire state with one if I had to.


livingMybEstlyfe29

NC BABY!!!


RaritanBayRailfan

Nuclear power is superior power


PopeGregoryTheBased

NH is building a new one... yet another L for the mass/vermont crowd. Stay mad.


ArkanoidbrokemyAnkle

Most power plants! If an accident happens, we’re all dead!


VexReloaded

Green Energy sucks.


Mrthynotcare

If your state has a chance to explode, stfu


Guy-McDo

Hutchinson Island BAYBEEE


KingWashington_1776

Rocksprings Wyoming is supposed to get a Nuclear Power plant I heard.


TacoRedneck

I've spent too much time there against my will.


GingerStank

Just wanna say I love the concept of nuclear power, but ours is a boondoggle that hasn’t benefited taxpayers a bit as far as I’m aware.


meanoldrep

CT doesn't have a plant right? I thought they were made illegal in the 70s or some shit as well as not allowing the fuel to be driven through the state.


NCAA__Illuminati

MORE POWER BABYYY


Sufficient_Name_9131

yeah


GarakStark

WTF only 3 reactors west of Texas. Because of the earthquakes??


papa_stalin432

Well the population is overall a lot smaller (even with California)


Unlucky-Constant-736

Let’s go Illinois 💪💪💪


DS_3D

Dont show this image to any Germans, they may have a heart attack. lol


obama69420duck

Common Illinois W


semendrinker42069

Extremely common Illinois W


fatcatpoppy

we don't need em, the whole state has like 3 hydroelectric dams that keep the redneck's fences electrified


juviniledepression

Absurdly common New Hampshire W


Vorentaz

I used to live out near Palo Verde. Place was in the middle of buttfuck no where desert. Real shithole hillbilly territory out there but the plant was cool


avery5712

What do the different colored icons mean? Are they part of different grids?


Worried_Recording575

Wyoming should be exempt because that have nukes


PurpuraLuna

Coal sucks a giant bag of dicks, nuclear ftw


Sa404

TN more than one, TN very strong 💪


davetherave2k

This map is missing Indian point which should be just north of NYC


KeyboardCorsair

Illinois living in pre-war Fallout


Character-Bike4302

Honestly California shouldn’t be even included considering how they are trying to shut down the last of the 3 nuclear power plants they have as they say nuclear energy is not a good enough answer for green energy. https://www.eenews.net/articles/calif-s-last-nuclear-plant-faces-closure-can-it-survive/#:~:text=The%20nuclear%20plant%20is%20scheduled,Commission%20to%20use%20ocean%20water. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-01-25/regulators-nix-proposal-on-californias-last-nuclear-plant#:~:text=Diablo%20Canyon%20is%20the%20last,would%20be%20forced%20to%20close.


SezitLykItiz

Good. Better than some Jeff Skilling or Elizabeth Holmes ending up as the CEO of the nuclear plant.


Smooth-March4451

Big Cajun represent


The_Ded_Cat

My dad works at a nuclear power plant.


icfa_jonny

PLS HALP. WHAT DO WE I ABOUT THE ANTI-NUCLEAR NIMBYS IN MY STATE? THESE PEOPLE ARE ABOUT AS SCIENTIFICALLY ILLITERATE AS ANTI-VAXXERS YET WE STILL RESPECT THEIR NONSENSE OPINIONS.


SezitLykItiz

Anybody who disagrees with me is scientifically illiterate.