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Re:U.S. Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two Reactors Are Abandoned by ricw on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:37AM (#14901047)
Gas has actually been this cheap before, and for a long time so. 20 years ago oil cost less than a third than it is now, and yet then fossil fuel prices weren't an issue.

The real reason is deeper than that. Nuclear is simply put very very expensive and has a high risk attached to it.

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Re:U.S. Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two Reactors Are Abandoned by jessaustin on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @12:22PM (#14902385)
Back then lots of politicians were willing to steal from taxpayers and ratepayers because of some nebulous idea that we needed more nuclear weapons and nuclear power was somehow related to that. Now, that's less true.
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