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Originally Posted by Traveler
I know you have a hard time with certain concepts but nuclear power is not cheap and the cost of keeping our nuclear fuels safe as well as disposing of spent fuel is escalating faster than medical costs. Coal fired power generation is much cheaper than nuclear. I guess the nuclear idea is okay if you are willing to pay for it. The cheapest form of power currently is hydro-electrical but that also has its down side.
In theory nuclear fusion has the greatest promise but in over 50 years of research we have never been close to making that even kind of safe.
The Traveler
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You're right, it is not cheap.
Of course, why, is the question.
It is not cheap because it is mired in lawsuits / regulations that don't allow new plants to be built and greatly hamper the potentials of the ones we do have.
I'm for regulation of nuclear plants.
I'm not for the insane litigation one must go through to even begin to have a chance to build one. Especially when the litigation is almost always without merit.