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Re:US nuclear regulator: 2,868 employees; 47 yrs in operatio... by IMAYousaf on Thursday January 27, 2022 @02:18PM (#30104885)
That seems like an alarmingly bad statistic.
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Re:US nuclear regulator: 2,868 employees; 47 yrs in operatio... by boshomi on Thursday January 27, 2022 @03:08PM (#30105698)
maybe there really wasn't anything to approve because nuclear is already dead and it's time to say it.

In a setting with a very high share of renewable energy, the need for sluggish power plants such as nuclear power plants declines while the need for grid scale energy storage systems increases

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