Comment on AI data centers may soon be powered by retired US Navy nuclear reactors from aircraft carriers and submarines

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I’m just a former Navy Nuke, but I see a major issue with this. Namely, by the time we retire ship-board nuclear reactors, they have been absorbing neutrons and radiation for 30 years, so the steel is weak enough that you could put a ball-peen hammer through it.

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