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Nuclear hasn’t suffered because of environmentalists protesting. Nuclear has suffered because it is expensive and uneconomical. The only way it is even feasibl
by addicted 8y ago
Nuclear hasn’t suffered because of environmentalists protesting.
Nuclear has suffered because it is expensive and uneconomical. The only way it is even feasible is by having laws that protect the owners from liabilities caused due to catastrophic failure.
Blaming environmentalists gives them way more power than they possess. Environmentalists have struggled to even stop pipelines running through the US whose sole purpose is to make Canada richer. Far more than environmentalists it’s NIMBY folks who have affected nuclear (but still not as much as basic economics).
- phobosdeimos 8y agoWestern countries are desperately trying to keep 1960s and 1970s reactors open for as long as they can because the prospect of building new ones is a financial and political nightmare.
- WillPostForFood 8y agoOne of the reasons it is such a hot NIMBY issue is there has been so much fear mongering about nuclear power.
- 7952 8y agoFor existing sites local people tend to be in favour and see the benefits. You would have difficulty building a new site, but that is true of any large scale development and is hardly unique to nuclear. Some people are just opposed to any development and will use whatever argument makes sense to try and stop the scheme. But with political support that opposition can be overcome. But that political support needs to be economically viable for the government involved, and that is the problem.