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formerkrogemp
on May 21, 2022
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Why is the nuclear power industry stagnant?
It's too expensive to build anything nuclear. Especially these days. Also NIMBYism and fossil fuel interests and antinuclear activists.
ncmncm
on May 21, 2022
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By the time anything could be finished, much cheaper renewables will render any such plant redundant. Spending $billions on a plant that will be cancelled partway is unappealing. None of the money is ever given back.
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