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Great, except those aren't the problems facing nuclear. The issues are cost and public perception. Reactors are already exceptionally safe compared to fossil fu
by Causality1 7y ago
Great, except those aren't the problems facing nuclear. The issues are cost and public perception. Reactors are already exceptionally safe compared to fossil fuel plants. People don't like nuclear and even when they do they don't want it near their home. This has resulted in among other things an absurdly expensive and drawn-out process for getting approval to build a new plant.
- fuckyah 7y agoI’m glad people are rational after all.
- 7952 7y agoThe hope is that small reactors are cheaper to produce and maintain. Also, can you give more detail on why you think regulation is so over the top?
- Causality1 7y agoIn short, deliberate regulatory obstructionism. Telling people you'll protect them from nuclear meltdown is a great way to get votes. Estimates for the cost of nuclear energy without the past four decades of anti-nuke activism are as low as 10% of current costs. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/12/2169 https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/12/2169
- EricE 7y agolol - love how the logic and reason posts are getting voted down by the hysterical anit-nukers.
- 7952 7y agoI didn't down vote. But it's not like the parent really gave much evidence that regulation was the actual proximate cause of decline. Or anything to prove that the regulation was excessive. Reactively blaming everything on hysteria is irrational.