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Re:Israeli Researchers Produce Green Hydrogen with 90% Effic... by AnthonyMouse on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:34PM (#37165312)
> If newer advances can’t make it cost competitive

Did they ever get rid of the rule that prohibits nuclear from being cost competitive? Its opponents got it so if they ever found a way to make it cost less the money explicitly had to be spent on new safety measures. Which obviously not only makes it impossible to reduce the cost but also removes any incentive to try.

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Re:Israeli Researchers Produce Green Hydrogen with 90% Effic... by jakewins on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:45PM (#37165459)
What legal jurisdiction are you saying this was a rule in? I’ve never heard of this
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Re:Israeli Researchers Produce Green Hydrogen with 90% Effic... by AnthonyMouse on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:17PM (#37165850)
US.

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/alara.html

Google doesn't want to find a more specific link right now, but you can see the implication from the definition: If you find a way to make nuclear cost less than something else, now it's economical to make it cost more in order to reduce radiation exposure, with no lower limit where you can stop.

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