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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by bobthepanda on Friday November 20, 2020 @12:45PM (#25162869)
Airlines in less developed countries are certainly not as safe as they are in the West.

Airlines are also different from power utilities, in that it's very easy to change airlines and not very easy to change grid operators. After Fukushima it's not like consumers could switch to a power utility other than TEPCO.

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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by mikeyouse on Friday November 20, 2020 @12:54PM (#25162961)
Yeah, I had PG&E in mind too when I said "How could you trust anyone in corporate America" -- look at their record even before their equipment burned down 10 million acres in California with the San Bruno explosion since they decided to ignore their own engineers' recommendations on maintenance intervals.
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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by oconnor663 on Friday November 20, 2020 @12:52PM (#25162944)
All good points!
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