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Re:Map of the World's Nuclear Power Plants by cjslep on Friday June 14, 2019 @10:57AM (#20183517)
Low energy prices.

Of the ones that are being built have caused an epic cascade of business failures from construction companies to Westinghouse (who was the leading reactor core design company in the US, not even a construction company).

As I understand it the USA has had a glut of skilled construction labor, all the expert laborers from the 70's never really had a chance to pass down their trade during the nuclear glut of the 80's - 00's

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Re:Map of the World's Nuclear Power Plants by irrational on Friday June 14, 2019 @11:23AM (#20183723)
Do you mean glut (an excessive quantity)? Or are you thinking of gut (to destroy the essential power or effectiveness of)?
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Re:Map of the World's Nuclear Power Plants by cjslep on Friday June 14, 2019 @06:58PM (#20187347)
The first: no nuclear power plants to build, and an abundance of skilled and experienced blue collar labor available (but dwindling as time progressed).
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