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Re:Think Hiring a Ruby Developer is Hard? Try Staffing a Nuc... by starfox on Thursday March 22, 2012 @03:54PM (#3741604)
80% of the cost of nuclear energy is building the reactor. With around $500B worth of existing reactor infrastructure worldwide, which runs on Uranium, don't expect that to go away too soon.
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Re:Think Hiring a Ruby Developer is Hard? Try Staffing a Nuc... by EREFUNDO on Thursday March 22, 2012 @04:38PM (#3741866)
I do not think they are simply attempting to replace existing reactors. I know in many countries governments have slowed down building reactors because of environmental concerns and costs. With the dwindling oil deposits and increasing energy need, safe and reliable nuclear reactors will be in high demand.
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