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Re:Can Nuclear Power Offer a Way Out of the Climate Crisis? by robmccoll on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:13PM (#21998233)
Hopefully much like how renewables went from being unprofitable, inefficient, and requiring subsidies to where they are now over the last decade and a half thanks to R&D, subsidies, and a market that has scaled up, nuclear could become a more desirable solution if we incentivize it and start pursuing it seriously again.

The thing about most renewables is still that you can schedule and control output easily to meet demand so you have a storage problem unless you can pair it with another production method to cover the gaps. Maybe nuclear is a good option to lean on for that.

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Re:Can Nuclear Power Offer a Way Out of the Climate Crisis? by Krasnol on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:33PM (#21998596)
There has been significant R&D in all directions in nuclear in the past decades. Even if something would come out of the current development it's slow and expansive. Too slow and expansive compared to the rapid development in renewables to justify throwing even more money on it. Those funds are much better invested in renewables which is why only those few you hear about do invest in it.
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