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by himlion 1330 days ago
Because of complexity, safety requirements and disposal of spent material.
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If that's true, why is coal cheap? It releases way more radiation than nuclear, and kills > 100x more people per kWh on average.

Nuclear is expensive because of politics.

So we should add safety requirements to fossil fuels, then they'll be even more obsolete.

You're not making a great argument for your trustworthiness "not letting us poison the world and directly kill millions is unfair and political" is at least a rare piece of honesty, but hardly a compelling argument.