Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost overruns in the U.S.

Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by manfredo on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:05PM (#25163719)

Well, we've already got a tract of desert that's been heavily irradiated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site

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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by cratermoon on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:40PM (#25164057)

We've also got an ocean full of plastic and has hotspots where nuclear waste was dumped[1]. That's no reason to go around saying, "well, we've already trashed it, might as well let it continue to be trashed"

1. https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1198/chapters/207-217_RadWaste.p...

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