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@bob There are more advanced nuclear options available than the standard reactors we see so many of, but they're the cheapest and people want to look like they're being "clean" without the costs associated with doing them properly. Thorium is far better than uranium for example, but even that tech is relatively old (late 50s), and the proposed advancement of molten…
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@verius @bob The thing is, _theoretically_, we've solved those problems in like ... the 80s. No one has wanted to bite the bullet to actually put this to the test though. As Bob says, the current nuclear options that are taken are where the costs are mostly spread among many parties, so they're easier. Experimental nuclear power is a very difficult proposition.
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@verius @bob Well, you don't have an incentive towards not failing if you're not at least sharing an appreciable amount of liability for cleanup costs, so that's a legitimate concern I'd say. I can understand wanting to shield them from politically-motivated lawsuits from anti-nuclear activists but they should do exactly that and call it as it is, honestly. The blanket waiver only encourages recklessness.
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