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Kaz_55 t1_jdh5kal wrote

without special legal constructs that absolve it from any actual liability for these "non-existent" risks: https://thebulletin.org/2020/02/the-us-government-insurance-scheme-for-nuclear-power-plant-accidents-no-longer-makes-sense/ https://thebulletin.org/2011/10/nuclear-liability-the-market-based-post-fukushima-case-for-ending-price-anderson/ >The Price-Anderson Act, which limits utility liability in the event

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Kaz_55 t1_jeak1n9 wrote

extremely long asset lives, nuclear reactors are the worst type of assets to acquire at present**. https://thebulletin.org/2020/02/the-us-government-insurance-scheme-for-nuclear-power-plant-accidents-no-longer-makes-sense/ https://thebulletin.org/2011/10/nuclear-liability-the-market-based-post-fukushima-case-for-ending-price-anderson/ Oh yeah, "of course" renewables don't work. I guess that

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ialsoagree t1_is73wuu wrote

Combined, the plant can produce \~2.33GW of power and cost [more than $23 billion](https://thebulletin.org/2019/06/why-nuclear-power-plants-cost-so-much-and-what-can-be-done-about-it/) to construct. Meanwhile, [offshore wind costs about $1.3 million per MW.](https://weatherguardwind.com/how-much-does-wind-turbine-cost-worth-it/) For $23 billion

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123blaze t1_j5zuzk5 wrote

would like to add that there are 10 members on the [bulletin of atomic scientists](https://thebulletin.org/about-us/science-and-security-board/) that have won nobel prizes for their scientific contributions. i believe there are a couple high ranking

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just1monkey t1_irailbb wrote

research paper](https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/neutrons-blast-fusion-materials-in-new-iaea-project) that I’d found talking about it. Here’s another [article](https://thebulletin.org/2017/04/fusion-reactors-not-what-theyre-cracked-up-to-be/), somewhat older and using more impassioned(-ish) language, though easier to follow for folks like

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