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Re:Nuclear power may be the key to least-cost, zero-emission... by adrianN on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @04:50AM (#30344522)
Modern nuclear is actually reasonably good at scaling. It's just that the capital costs are so damn high that you want to run your reactors at 100% all the time to have a chance of making profits.
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Re:Nuclear power may be the key to least-cost, zero-emission... by sokoloff on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:07AM (#30344645)
It seems like subsidies (perhaps in the form of carbon taxes) could solve that problem entirely.
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