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Re: Show HN: Reactor Atlas

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Post by fedecaccia » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC

tomhow wrote: post #14

fedecaccia wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The natural reactor in Oklo is a great one! It isn't a facility so it doesn't fit the current layers, but it deserves its own entry: added in the backlog and will be updated soon!

As defrost suggested, your comments have been autokilled as our software classifies them as likely LLM-generated or edited/polished. Please don't do this on HN. The community here much prefers imperfect-but-authentic writing, and we very much appreciate the effort!

Thanks! As I explained below, my first language is spanish and my intention was to provide fluid answers. Suggestion accepted.

Re: Show HN: Reactor Atlas

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Post by defrost » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC

fedecaccia wrote: post #20

defrost wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Heh, I hoped that might get a chuckle - sorry I missed the separate research layer If you're an ESL (English as Second Language) speaker using AI assist for comments .. that might explain the number of [flagged][dead] comments you're getting (there's an AI detect layer at HN these days). I've emailed HN@ycombinator and [vouched] the dead ones - fingers crossed.

THanks for your support defrost. Indeed, Im from Argentina and I tried to improve my answers assisted with AI. No more asistance, but I'm not that fluid in english!

Your English is better than my Spanish :-)

If you keep noodling on this then I'd suggest getting the nuclear stack down pat, then gradually integrating full energy mixes per country, at first just showing the proportions of energy use provided by nuclear.

Make things clear as you go - a countries energy use is more than just electricity generation, for example, aim for bright 15 years old as a target audience perhaps.

A good many people do want to see better "dashboards" for their planet, over all and country by country.

Re: Show HN: Reactor Atlas

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Post by fedecaccia » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC

jtreitz wrote: post #15

hurts to see Germany at 0MWe in 2026 :(

a reaction to 2011 fukushima event. The ironic fact: if you check japan nuclear power evolution, they just had a small drop and later keep growing, nowadays in top 3!

Re: Show HN: Reactor Atlas

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Post by fedecaccia » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC

defrost wrote: post #22

fedecaccia wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

THanks for your support defrost. Indeed, Im from Argentina and I tried to improve my answers assisted with AI. No more asistance, but I'm not that fluid in english!

Your English is better than my Spanish :-) If you keep noodling on this then I'd suggest getting the nuclear stack down pat, then gradually integrating full energy mixes per country, at first just showing the proportions of energy use provided by nuclear. Make things clear as you go - a countries energy use is more than just electricity generation, for example, aim for bright 15 years old as a target audience perhaps…

thanks! and your comments are in the right direction, I plan to integrate other layers of the global energy network, with a better visualization of nuclear proportion by region/country.

Re: Show HN: Reactor Atlas

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Post by winrid » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC

fedecaccia wrote: post #5

winrid wrote: post #4

I thought the monitoring part was cool: https://reactoratlas.com/en/monitoring But why does it say stuff about hydropower? is that a translation bug? > I strongly believe we humans shouldn't code anymore It's okay to enjoy things.

Sure! not a translation bug! The monitoring section you mention is part of the “signals” layer, where I’m tracking things like increases/decreases in power generation and grid contributions. I think this kind of data could be useful for operators and institutions. The Monitoring/News section, on the other hand, is 99% nuclear. And yeah, fair point on the coding comment. I guess I still enjoy it too much! I’ll publish…

It would probably be good to be able to filter between the two. Personally I just wanted to see the list of events directly related to the nuclear plants. Since you know, that's what the site is for :)

Re: Show HN: Reactor Atlas

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Post by fedecaccia » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC

winrid wrote: post #25

fedecaccia wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure! not a translation bug! The monitoring section you mention is part of the “signals” layer, where I’m tracking things like increases/decreases in power generation and grid contributions. I think this kind of data could be useful for operators and institutions. The Monitoring/News section, on the other hand, is 99% nuclear. And yeah, fair point on the coding comment. I guess I still enjoy it too much! I’ll publish…

It would probably be good to be able to filter between the two. Personally I just wanted to see the list of events directly related to the nuclear plants. Since you know, that's what the site is for :)

ok! I'll add a filter in this page, looking forward to deploy an update in next hours.

Re: Show HN: Reactor Atlas

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Post by fedecaccia » Sat, Sep 05, 2026, 4:20 PM UTC

I implemented several updates in the platform, based on all the feedback received in the last 24 hs. Thanks to all the folks that helped improving the platform!

BTW it was pinned as a resource in the nuclear subreddit, which makes me very happy: people is finding it very useful!