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[–] relic_@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Okay I didn't understand OPs point I suppose. Worth nothing that they are designed to withstand airplane hits.

There's no 100% safe level because any level carries some risk.

Actually we don't know that and there's no valid empirical evidence to support that claim. We only have data at moderate to high levels. There's a big gap between walked passed a container of level waste and got impacted by a nuclear destination.

[–] relic_@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The model assumes a linear relationship between dose and health effects, even for very low doses where biological effects are more difficult to observe. The LNT model implies that all exposure to ionizing radiation is harmful, regardless of how low the dose is, and that the effect is cumulative over lifetime.

Emphasis mine. Sure that's a valid model, but not backed up by concrete empirical evidence.

[–] relic_@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

This is just straight up fear mongering. Say what you will about the economics, but the idea that there's no safe amount of radiation is ridiculous (we don't know, but presumably it's okay in some amounts since you're getting radiation doses every day even not living near anything nuclear).

The idea that NPPs are some unsafe technology just waiting to explode is dramatic and untrue.

[–] relic_@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

No there's some ideas out there. Concepts like heirarchical reinforcement learning are more likely to lead to AGI with creation of foundational policies, problem is as it stands, it's a really difficult technique to use so it isn't used often. And LLMs have sucked all the research dollars out of any other ideas.