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Re:Why has nuclear power been a flop? (2021) by waciki on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @05:41AM (#41308492)
too expensive and never built on time, only countries where it's cheap are dictatorships where you can hide problems
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Re:Why has nuclear power been a flop? (2021) by unglaublich on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @05:52AM (#41308563)
The fossil industry is doing a fantastic job hiding problems in "free societies" and dictatorships alike.
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Re:Why has nuclear power been a flop? (2021) by maelito on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @06:02AM (#41308619)
That's wrong. France's electricity is 70 % nuclear, on plants that were never built during a dictatorship phase.
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Re:Why has nuclear power been a flop? (2021) by dwighttk on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @05:59AM (#41308601)
France?
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Re:Why has nuclear power been a flop? (2021) by oezi on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @06:10AM (#41308682)
They were able to build them in the past. It is unclear if they can still do it. It seems even for France the issues are piling up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France
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