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Why has it been so long since the US has built a nuclear power plant?
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∙ 15y ago
It has been hard not only to meet all the regulations but even to figure out what they will be. Corporations do not like byzantine bureaucracies capable of creating constantly changing complex rules. They do not like knowing which bureaucrat will have authority to approve or disapprove each item in each step of the process. Instead, they want to know exactly what regulations they will have to meet in each step of the process and what those steps will be. As soon as the government is capable of setting that up, the electric companies will again start building nuclear power plants. They have been waiting 30 years. Europe uses more nuclear power than the United States. China now builds coal powered electric generating plants that are more efficient than those produced in the United States. They are not only less polluting but also sequester Carbon Dioxide. When we look at Chine, it is easy to decide that in some situations, there is a lot to be said for being able to avoid hearing after hearing, court case after court case, and protest after protest. That way we would have greater efficiency, far less pollution, and produce less carbon dioxide.
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