> But actually, we do a surprisingly good job in America at keeping our nuclear plants running rather well, and we should be investing in many, many more. No w

> But actually, we do a surprisingly good job in America at keeping our nuclear plants running rather well, and we should be investing in many, many more. No we don't. The federal government didn't even mandate earthquake impacts for nuclear plants until 'after' the disasters in Japan. Nevada is still used as a dumping site that is overfilled with leaking nuclear waste. The Republican senator put a hold on Trump nominees until the DOE promised to eventually ship out some nuclear waste a few years after they illegally shipped the waste in. I found out the former after a PG&E outreach at my university that California was alone in most states over mandates on seismic fault planning for the nuclear industry. PG&E was trying to save the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. I felt that was a very pathetic overview of US regulatory framework. The latter was recently in the news (2 months ago?). > Conservationists need to really make peace with the fact that the only way out of climate change involves building a very, very strong nuclear energy portfolio. Disagree, your opinion is 10 years out of date from the facts. Solar and wind prices have collapsed well below nuclear and coal. Battery tech is advancing to be competitive towards baseload costs. Samsung plans to ship a graphene battery in cell phones. Makes me very curious towards how graphene can be used for battery plants. Renewables are already competitive in Australia. Despite lots of sun and coal baseload costs in Australia are very high due to industry and government corruption. https://www.inverse.com/article/51515-tesla-s-battery-has-already-saved-south-australia-a-huge-amount-of-money https://www.inverse.com/article/51515-tesla-s-battery-has-al...