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Re:The first Gen III+ Nuclear plant begins fuel loading by scarby2 on Saturday October 15, 2022 @01:03AM (#33211920)
Why not do both?

I don't want to be here in 30 years time wishing we'd built reactors 30 years ago (which is where we are today)

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Re:The first Gen III+ Nuclear plant begins fuel loading by pfdietz on Saturday October 15, 2022 @07:47AM (#33213971)
Why not? Because it's economically pointless to build more nuclear at current prices.

The current situation where you might regret not having built more reactors 30 years ago is not comparable. Renewables were not competitive with nuclear 30 years ago. But that situation no longer obtains.

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