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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by chris222 on Friday December 29, 2023 @02:52AM (#38802630)
And the estimated cleanup costs are ~500 billion, ~50 billion and ~1 billion. Expensive mistakes.
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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by imtringued on Friday December 29, 2023 @08:31AM (#38804664)
The cleanup costs are high enough that you could have literally replaced the entire nuclear power plant fleet of Japan and built new ones. When it comes to nuclear safety, tear it up and build again is cheaper than any single accident. Nuclear power plant advocates don't seem to understand the magnitude of the failure of a nuclear power plant. It simply is unacceptable.
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