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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by titzer on Saturday July 30, 2022 @10:14PM (#32292523)
> In fact, nuclear has always been the most expensive method of generating electricity

Just wonder if we're pricing in those externalities from coal, like hundreds of thousands of deaths per year due to air pollution and the fact that it is completely fucking up the atmosphere, leading to a global catastrophe. Because...we're not.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ZeroGravitas on Sunday July 31, 2022 @08:17AM (#32295026)
Including air pollution externalities, nuclear is definately cheaper.

Some of the costs/risks with nuclear are a bit black swannish though which complicates matters.

Energy efficiency, pollution controls and carbon taxes are the real magical tech we've not exploited.

Because cheaper in the long run means more expensive right now, which is a vulnerable political soft spot that psycopaths can easily exploit.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by Gwypaas on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:10AM (#32294118)
Great that the alternative is renewables then!
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