ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly

Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly by philipkglass on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @10:17PM (#23982885)

France's nuclear power program actually displaced oil. France had a lot of oil fired electric power plants in the 1960s when it was a cheap fuel. As a reaction to the oil price shocks of the 1970s, France committed to the "Messmer Plan" for nuclear electricity:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France#Messme...

France demonstrated its first fission bomb in 1960 and its first thermonuclear bomb in 1968:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_weapons_of_mass_des...

The 1970s and 1980s build up of nuclear power in France had nothing to do with desperation to have its own nuclear weapons. France already had them before the Messmer Plan.

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Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly by worik on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @05:46PM (#23991927)

"France's nuclear power program actually displaced oil"

No. Oil is much cheaper

To maintain a nuclear arsenal a nuclear industry is needed.

It is the only economic justification for nuclear power

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Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly by iso8859-1 on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @07:29PM (#23992691)

So you don't think something can be expensive because it is heavily regulated? Or do you just think it is not possible with less regulation?

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