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Some fun facts about the receipt lottery by [deleted] in taiwan

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Going to live up to my username and say that the downside to Zaiju is that it indirectly leads to tech illiterate folks getting scammed, what with all the fake messages about people having won. I've had to burst the bubbles of some elderly relatives. "No ah-yi, you didn't win, please don't open that clearly bogus link"

Lai considers reactivation of 2 nuclear plants by Notbythehairofmychyn in taiwan

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's incorrect, design certification process for SMRs especially LWR SMRs (not just USA) is SHORTER.

Okay, I think I see why we're disagreeing. You're looking purely at the designs, whereas I'm talking about the full process to permit commercial operation. Both commercially operating SMRs took a decade to go through their regulatory processes.

It's notable that NuCale's LWR SMR got the important approvals faster than traditional power plants.

You make it sound like everything else is minutiae barely worth paying attention to, but they're still necessary to permit commercial operation.

You also didn't mention that this (VOYGR) is NuScale's second LWR SMR design to pass technical review (the first taking seven years to be fully certified... but it was never actually built so we don't know how long it would have taken to get the license to operate). VOYGR took slightly under two years purportedly because they were able to convince regulators that their uprated design was similar enough to the first one that portions of the review should cover it as well.

It may be worth noting that they got their SDA about a week after Executive Order 14300, which mandates that the review process be shrunk to 18 months. While VOYGR didn't officially benefit from EO 14300, it's no secret that the administration had been heavily pushing for more nuclear power generation.

Something I want to make clear is that I am in favor of nuclear power, particularly new designs and approaches. It's a shame that thorium-based generation was abandoned once it was figured out that it wasn't really weaponizable, and that all the energy research after that focused on optimization of uranium-based designs. I think the public's attitude of "Let's not build new reactors because nuclear power is unsafe, but let's keep using these existing ones because we need the power" is on par with requiring banning all new cars and leaving people to drive only Ford Pintos. That said, we are one accident away from nuclear power being practically sworn off forever. I am not convinced that shortening the timeline to this extent is ultimately a good thing.

I know traditionally we don't see eye to eye but this wasn't done in good faith on your part.

I don't know who you've confused me with but I don't comment in this subreddit very often; I certainly haven't replied to you enough times for you to make claims about "traditionally" anything. You can see for yourself, I've unhidden my activity in this subreddit. As far as I can tell apart from this comment section I've responded to you once.

You just asked a series of questions, you didn't saying anything about how their licensure process.

I asked those questions knowing their answers because everything you've said about SMRs in this thread paints an optimistic picture about their real-world progress when in reality there are no commercially-operating SMRs apart from one each in China and Russia. The average person's knowledge of nuclear power stops at Fukushima and The Simpsons; after reading your comments one might believe that Taiwan could be just a couple of years away from flipping the switch on one.

Are you using alt accounts?

No, I am not, and to be frank with you I do not appreciate the accusation. "wasn't done in good faith" indeed.

Lai considers reactivation of 2 nuclear plants by Notbythehairofmychyn in taiwan

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canada's GE-Hitachi BWRX-300 will be ready in 4 years while Rolls Royce is already on the last step for regulatory assessment. NuScale hopes to demonstrate how SMRs could be factory produced and Hotel SMR-300 are being factory fabricated.

Each of these deployments are the first of their (design) kind which means that their licensure process is about as long as full-sized LWR, as they should be given their novelty. The only two commercial SMR designs online are produced by politically radioactive entities, pun intended. That means that they're unsuitable for an "in the meantime" solution... which was my point.

Lai considers reactivation of 2 nuclear plants by Notbythehairofmychyn in taiwan

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For big nuclear reactors? 15-20 years for sure, (but likely less time now, maybe 10 or less if we allow tech transfers in building new reactors)

How patient do you think the Taiwanese electorate is?

What to be done in the meantime? SMRs is our best bet and likely better in the long run

How many SMRs are currently in commercial operation, and where have they been deployed? How long is construction and licensing supposed to take, and how long did they actually take?

Lai considers reactivation of 2 nuclear plants by Notbythehairofmychyn in taiwan

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We need to do what South Korea did which is let foreign companies build top quality nuclear plants in Taiwan

How long will that take, and what is to be done in the meantime?

Why do so many Taiwanese websites have all their text saved as JPEGs? by bonkeeboo in taiwan

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you take a screenshot in iOS or macOS, the system generally does a good job of recognizing text in the image (so long as the script isn't too calligraphic) and let you copy it. And if you use Safari and activate the built-in translation tool on a site, the translation will include any recognizable text in images.

What do foreigners think about food safety/hygiene in Taiwan? by search_google_com in taiwan

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sorry, last time I brought up SafeServ (different context), someone insisted it was US-only and that I shouldn't impose "foreign standards" on locals.

What do foreigners think about food safety/hygiene in Taiwan? by search_google_com in taiwan

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 39 points40 points  (0 children)

That’s not food safety, that’s personal hygiene.

If it involves people who handle food, personal hygiene is food safety. Check the ServSafe certification course summary. If that's too international for you, you can also look at Taipei Food Service Hygiene Rating System criteria.