Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standard, White House says

Re:Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standar... by effie on Friday April 02, 2021 @04:36PM (#26675701)

Yes but their safety could be improved, new containment system can be built etc. Governments should step up and change the incentives to keep the good plants in operation. Being unprofitable is not a good reason to decommission a nuclear plant.

> DAEC's operation helps avoid the emission of nearly 4 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is the equivalent of taking almost 800,000 cars off the road

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Re:Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standar... by ThinkBeat on Friday April 02, 2021 @04:49PM (#26675817)

There are a lot of advantages to designing a better nuclear plant to be built than to retrofit one that is designed wrong from the beginning

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Re:Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standar... by Lammy on Friday April 02, 2021 @05:17PM (#26676096)

Are retrofits and new construction equally possible in today's regulatory and media environments?

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Re:Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standar... by dundercoder on Saturday April 03, 2021 @12:32AM (#26678455)

The NRC and DOE levy so much regulation, I really can’t imagine how anyone can make a profit with any changes.

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