[eru]

Yes, regulations started tightening before TMI.

> This ”before regulations” time period seems to be made up on feelings about a rosy picture of the past rather than actual data.

No, we have data about costs in those earlier times, and we know what regulations came in when.

[ViewTrick1002]

Given the cleanup costs of the early nuclear program maybe they learned a thing or two preventing the externalization of costs?

DOE report: Cost to finish cleaning up Hanford site could exceed $589 billion

https://www.ans.org/news/2025-04-17/article-6942/doe-report-...

Sellafield cleanup cost rises to £136bn amid tensions with Treasury

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/23/sellafield-...