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Afaik nuclear appears to be expensive mostly because of excessive regulatory code/capture, and political risk.
by wallace_f 7y ago
Afaik nuclear appears to be expensive mostly because of excessive regulatory code/capture, and political risk.
- kristopolous 7y agoYes the NRC has regulatory capture, but by the actual nuclear industry to fend off regulation, oversight and scrutiny, subsidize the power and rubber stamp the projects. It's so prominent its given as an example on the Wikipedia page for regulatory capture. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture#Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture#Nuclear_R...