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Re:Experts Urge U.S. To Continue Support for Nuclear Fusion ... by pfdietz on Friday December 14, 2018 @08:32PM (#18686451)
Nuclear was given the benefit of the doubt for decades. It failed. In particular, projections of its cost turned out to be self-serving lies.

People get testy when they've been victims of fraud. Just ask the ratepayers in Georgia and South Carolina.

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Re:Experts Urge U.S. To Continue Support for Nuclear Fusion ... by wbl on Saturday December 15, 2018 @03:12PM (#18690122)
Meanwhile France is 80% nuclear power mix, and contained costs by building fleets of similar reactors. US construction industry is the issue here.
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Re:Experts Urge U.S. To Continue Support for Nuclear Fusion ... by pfdietz on Saturday December 15, 2018 @03:30PM (#18690195)
France's costs were always opaque, since they mixed the civilian and military nuclear programs.

In any case, France can not now build reactors cheaply. The recent attempts have experienced disastrous cost overruns (a factor of 3x for Flamanville). New nuclear has failed there just like it failed here in the US.

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