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Re:Much of North America may face electricity shortages star... by NineStarPoint on Monday December 25, 2023 @12:02PM (#38764152)
Not all politcs problems are one side against the other, sometimes a political problem does mean “this is a good idea, but too generally unpopular to be implemented”.

For nuclear it’s also a local politics problem, not national problem generally: people don’t have an issue with nuclear in general, but they do have strong opposition for it being built near where they live.

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Re:Much of North America may face electricity shortages star... by hef19898 on Monday December 25, 2023 @12:11PM (#38764242)
Nuclear power is mainly an economical problem, meaning it is too expensive to be viable.
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Re:Much of North America may face electricity shortages star... by lokar on Monday December 25, 2023 @03:07PM (#38765664)
I think the economics are why you don't see industry pushing it. If they thought it was an easy route to lots of $, they would start pushing it (and against the anti-nuke movement).
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