• xantoxis@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    And who’s going to make sure these tech companies actually run a nuclear power plant responsibly? Have they ever run anything responsibly?

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      8 months ago

      The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. As some who works in nuclear facilities, let me be clear: they do not fuck around.

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        8 months ago

        I know, and I’m glad of it, but look: tech companies DO fuck around. A lot. There are lots of ways to pressure individuals into cutting corners, and to pressure auditors and controllers to look the other way. The regulators might catch them, but there’s a very real possibility that a tech company fucks up REAL bad before they get shut down. They have a very long history of it.

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          8 months ago

          True. In all likelihood, they would subcontract plant operation to people who do know how to run one like Westinghouse, though