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I don't think the data supports this thesis, even though it comes up every so often. We should absolutely use the existing nuclear reactors until they can't be

by ffsm8 3y ago

I don't think the data supports this thesis, even though it comes up every so often. We should absolutely use the existing nuclear reactors until they can't be maintained anymore, but it's economics never really made sense. It was only viable because the construction was essentially socialized and the storage for the waste never included in the calculation. But I'm not a specialist on the topic, so I'm not talking with authority here.

93po 3y ago
Nuclear is by far the cheapest large scale generation option if you factor in the cost in dollars and human lives for the nasty byproducts of fossil fuel based energy. And nuclear waste is somewhere between a solved problem and non-issue despite lots of propaganda saying otherwise. Millions of people die a year from fossil fuel burning. Effectively zero for nuclear.