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by xenon7 951 days ago
Would it be wrong to assume that we're dealing with an Apollo-style issue here (we "no longer have the technology to do it efficiently")? I'm certainly not an expert on nuclear power, but it is a little odd how the average nuclear reactor in the US is 42 years old [1].

[1]: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/us-nuclear-indus...

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It's just the U.S. China, France, and Japan have all successfully built nuclear at scale. I won't be surprised if developing nations in Africa start lapping the U.S. on nuclear power in the next few decades. They certainly have enough Uranium to do so.
Why would they take enormous risks on execution -- huge cost overruns and delays are par for the course with nuclear -- when solar + battery is so much cheaper and quicker?