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Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by lamontcg on Monday October 17, 2016 @08:44PM (#12731133)
> > Costs > Mainly due to politicians drafting rules to require more safety out of nuclear than any form of other energy solution. Of course it's more expensive if it's 100x more regulated.

I've read this online in one form or another for the better part of 10 years. I've never seen a single actual study to back it up.

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Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by antris on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @02:05AM (#12732461)
Which part of it is questionable to you? That nuclear is more regulated than other forms of energy? That regulation increases building costs?
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Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment by lamontcg on Monday October 24, 2016 @12:59PM (#12780617)
That regulation is the cause of the bulk of the costs and/or that regulation is the cause of nuclear's negative learning curve. There's an assertion here that nuclear would be cheap if only it wasn't regulated so tightly, and I've never seen an actual cost-breakdown to support that.
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