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First 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.

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

More people died in the evacuation of Fukushima than died fighting the meltdown, which was arguably 1.

1 confirmed from radiation (lung cancer, 4 years later),[3] and 2,202 from evacuation.[4]

The tsunami killed over 15,000 people. Awful disaster.

However, Japanese people are very anti-nuclear so their media made it seem that the impact was horrific when, aside from the exclusion zone, wasn’t all THAT bad. However, losing that land was a big hit to a small country.