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by SigmundA 1853 days ago
I think nuclear is still really important and has a lot of room for improvement. It's hard to beat its output stability and energy density while emitting no carbon.

Just have to figure out how to keep it safe.

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Just have to figure out how to make it cost less than other energy sources.
Small modular reactors are probably our best bet here. Centrally manufactured, fail-safe designs, short on-site construction times and time-to-first-power-output. It all depends at this point on if the regulatory environment can be improved soon enough for it to matter.
Nuclear is already incredibly safe. Installing solar has probably killed more people than nuclear ever has.