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>Every nuclear power plant in the United States has been a money pit and produced the most expensive electricity. How much have carbon emissions cost individua

>Every nuclear power plant in the United States has been a money pit and produced the most expensive electricity. How much have carbon emissions cost individuals in the form of negative health outcomes? Diablo Canyon cost 14b in 2019 dollars to build and has been producing carbon free energy for half a century. The state's total spending in 2017 -- State and federal funds -- was $256b. The fuel could go to Yucca, or it could to go to Finland, which regularly takes nuclear waste. Or it could stay where it is just fine.

athms 6y ago
>The fuel could go to Yucca, or it could to go to Finland, which regularly takes nuclear waste. Did you just wake up from a coma? Nothing will go to Yucca Mountain because it isn't operational. Obama terminated funding in 2011. Trump has opposed reactivating the project and Congress hasn't funded it. This isn't surprising considering Nevada doesn't want to be America's nuclear waste dumping ground. There is strong opposition from its residents, including Native Americans, and state government. Finland doesn't take nuclear waste. It used to ship its waste to Russia (and the Soviet Union) for reprocessing. That stopped in 1996 due to legislation in 1994 that mandated domestic long term storage. >Or it could stay where it is just fine. Ah, not a coma, just stupidity.