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Re:Meta announces nuclear energy projects by yndoendo on Sunday January 11, 2026 @03:02PM (#46579388)
If history repeats itself ... tax payers will be fitting the bill. Ohio has shown to be corrupt when it comes to their Nuclear infrastructure. [0] High confident that politicians are lining up behind the scenes to get their slice of the pie.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_nuclear_bribery_scandal

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Re:Meta announces nuclear energy projects by philipallstar on Sunday January 11, 2026 @03:14PM (#46579519)
Well, private investment is a great way to avoid subsidy nonsense.
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Re:Meta announces nuclear energy projects by intrasight on Sunday January 11, 2026 @09:08PM (#46583039)
You know that there's no actual private investment in nuclear in the US.

The nuclear industry is indemnified by the taxpayers. Without thar insurance backstop, there would be no nuclear energy industry.

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Re:Meta announces nuclear energy projects by philipallstar on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @06:54AM (#46599849)
Taxpayers are private. They earn money and give some of it to the state.
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