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My biggest argument against nuclear is that there are no incentives for decommissioning unsafe plants in the far future. The usual pro-nuclear argument says th
by mFixman 5y ago
My biggest argument against nuclear is that there are no incentives for decommissioning unsafe plants in the far future.
The usual pro-nuclear argument says that nuclear plants are only unsafe if managed incorrectly. However, the West doesn't have the political or economic framework to ensure they will get managed correctly: if you are the leader of the executive of some country, are you going to decomission a plant built 30 years ago that gives the country a lot gW of energy and raise energy prices for everyone, or are you going to risk the very low chance of a serious accident to keep prices down and pass the ball to whomever governs next?
If nuclear is the future, we need an effective process of automatic decommissioning that can bypass governments. That process doesn't exist yet.