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This sounds like a W for the carbon-zero initiative. While renewables are picking up a lot of the media attention and a lot of the slack, having safe nuclear pl

This sounds like a W for the carbon-zero initiative. While renewables are picking up a lot of the media attention and a lot of the slack, having safe nuclear plants to bolster the clean grid helps a ton. The whole issue of power plants not making enough money because coal and natural gas are cheaper to burn breaks my brain. It's like when gas was near $2.00 a gallon years after the mid-2000's gas price crunch and all the sudden everybody wanted a gigantic SUV or truck again. You know what happens when the gas prices go up! You were there! What are you doing???

BMc2020 4y ago
> The whole issue of power plants not making enough money Civilian nuclear has never made money and I have looked. They are always subsidised (Loan guarantees, the US DOE, accounting tricks to wish away decommissioning costs etc.) It's not because of 'treehuggers' either. Russia, China, Japan, France, S. Korea never have been able to either. Not much treehugger influence in the PRC. Why then? National Security. Military nuclear is a national security issue. Civilian nuclear exists to support military nuclear. Natsec must always come first, or you soon won't have a nat to sec (in the minds of many). Full disclosure: I'm not an accountant. Just a taxpayer who got to find out what 'stranded costs' are.