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Before regulation changed, many being built and many more being planned, after regulation changed, no new reactors built in 30 years. The fastest energy transfo
by nickik 7y ago
Before regulation changed, many being built and many more being planned, after regulation changed, no new reactors built in 30 years. The fastest energy transformation in human history, but I'm sure that just because of a managerial errors.
- pfdietz 7y agoAnd as I said, the costs of those plants were escalating, even before changes to regulations. BTW, the most impactful regulatory change wasn't even targeted at nuclear at all, although a court ruling was needed to inform the industry and the AEC that the law (NEPA) also applied to nuclear power plants (Calvert Cliffs decision). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_Cliffs_Coordinating_Committee,_Inc._v._Atomic_Energy_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_Cliffs_Coordinating_Co... http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2019/01/17/nuclear-plant-construction-delay-and-cost-5/ http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2019/01/17/nuclear-plant-construct...