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		mjhay on Nov 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Regulators OK largest dam demolition in history to... The long timelines and high costs of nuclear in the US have very little to do with the limits of the technology.

daemoens on Nov 22, 2022 [–]

Mjhay is correct. Anti-nuclear activists have successfully managed to use the government to stop nuclear energy construction for decades. It is entirely a political problem, not a technical one.

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