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The only reason nuclear is even viable today is because nuclear technokogy isn't as bad today as it was a few decades ago. Every time we have a massive nuclear
by addicted 9y ago
The only reason nuclear is even viable today is because nuclear technokogy isn't as bad today as it was a few decades ago.
Every time we have a massive nuclear disaster the defense (a valid one!) Is that the disaster happened from a poorer technology that isn't used anymore today.
If we had built out nuclear earlier we would have had a lot more nuclear disasters.
The problem with nuclear is solely that by the time the technology became good enough that it could be used fairly safely it became way more expensive than almost all competitors including most other renewable sources.
And this is even before including the geopolitical limitations of nuclear. Would we be living in a better world if every country including countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan had easy access to nuclear.
- yeellow 9y agoPakistan has nuclear weapon and 4 nuclear power plants.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong, but isn't regulatory burden a significant reason for nuclear being so expensive? As of May 2017, the People's Republic of China has 37 nuclear reactors operating with a capacity of 32.4 GW and 20 under construction with a capacity of 20.5 GW.[1] Compare: As of 2016, there are four new reactors under construction with a gross electrical capacity of 5,000 MW, while 33 reactors have been permanently shut down. I'm lead to believe the reason China can have 5 times the number of new nuclear builds is because China seems to be able to get shit done while infrastructure in the US languishes. I could be wrong, I'm just going by what internet would have me believe. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_St...