Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:57:36 +0100, D wrote:

The government owner power company at first refused to consider nuclear,
since it was not economically feasible. The CEO was switftly removed by
the new government, or she was forcefully instructed behind closed doors
(don't remember which actually) and all of a sudden they reluctantly
agreed to consider it.

That will be a hurdle in the US; quite a few nuclear plants were
decommissioned because they proved to be economically unfeasible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Seco_Nuclear_Generating_Station

There was great weeping when Rancho Seco shut down and SMUD had to
restructure their generation capacity. That was replaced by sighs of
relief when SMUD realized they would have been destroyed by the energy
deregulation fiasco.