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Biggest problem is that people don't understand. It's black magic, with "radiation". While in reality, it's basically just a big steam turbine generator. Unkn
by jbverschoor 4y ago
Biggest problem is that people don't understand.
It's black magic, with "radiation". While in reality, it's basically just a big steam turbine generator.
Unknown things are scary. Turn on the light.
- epistasis 4y agoI think this is the least of the problems that nuclear has. The problem isn't convincing J Random Person off the street, the problem is convincing somebody who has control of billions of dollars that there's any chance the investment will make financial sense. Until there's a halfway compelling financial argument, until there's a way to reliably build a reactor on a realistic timeline, nuclear is a pipe dream. Once there is a way that nuclear can be built and makes financial sense, there are tons of locations that would welcome a new large source of employment nearby. For example, nearly all of the current nuclear reactors that are aging out across the US are in cities that don't want to lose the jobs and don't mind having nuclear nearby.