That headline is a bait and switch.
One of the major nuclear research facilities belonging to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)’s is installing a major rooftop solar system that will save $2 million.
To be honest even if it was a power plant… they’re already in the business of generating power. If generating more clean power in the same space is an option, that sounds great
Power plants still need power to operate and even your own supply is not free.
It sounds very dangerous to have a solar system that close to a nuclear facility, much less that close to Earth.
Why is this posted in c/NotTheOnion?
Because you can’t have two different sources of energy! It’s antithetical to existence! Only one thing can ever exist or chaos reigns.
Australia doesn’t have any nuclear power plants.
So, what are they doing in their nucular facility! Sounds very suspicious.
I actually stand corrected as it looks like ANSTO has a research reactor capable of producing in the megawatt range.
The facility seems to mostly do technologies and medical research, but also prepares uranium for export. Australia has a fair amount of uranium.
