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Re:To Slow Global Warming, We Need Nuclear Power (Op-Ed) by afterburner on Thursday December 22, 2016 @11:34AM (#13238330)
That's exactly how Fukushima happened: "these plants will be so expensive to decommission, we can't afford NOT to keep extending their lifetime!"
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Re:To Slow Global Warming, We Need Nuclear Power (Op-Ed) by mikevp on Thursday December 22, 2016 @03:05PM (#13239938)
Or, "We planned to decommission these plants, but construction on the replacement plants was blocked."
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Re:To Slow Global Warming, We Need Nuclear Power (Op-Ed) by afterburner on Thursday December 22, 2016 @11:44PM (#13242896)
Either way, a major safety decision basically came down to a political decision over finances. And because nuclear power was involved, the downside became huge. Even when nuclear power is designed to be safer, it comes down to the whims of human politics. Why risk making the downside of a poor political decision so massive?
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