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Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standard, White House says

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425 points nixass | 2 comments | 02 Apr 21 18:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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unchocked ◴[02 Apr 21 18:59 UTC] No.26674713[source]▶
Great news! France gets 70% of its electricity from nuclear power, and it's a very plausible part of the solution.

Relatedly I've been thinking about how to compare the moral culpability of anti-nuclear activists for climate change to that of oil companies. Are sins of preventing beneficial action comparable to sins of taking harmful action? Do intentions offset effects?

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1. frankharv ◴[02 Apr 21 20:14 UTC] No.26675456[source]▶
Yes the French have a better system for nuclear. In the US the military can do anything nuclear they want.

But for civilian nuclear program it is all political. What did we spend on Yucca Mountain?

Chicago Bridge bungled their South Carolina reactor job so bad that Westinghouse had to take the job over from them. Complete shambles and Westinghouse had to sell their nuclear division to Toshiba. All one giant mess. The AP2000 NextGen reactor program is a failure. South Carolina plant never made it online. Busted budgets and nothing generating power. https://www.npr.org/2017/08/06/541582729/how-the-dream-of-am...

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2. stjohnswarts ◴[02 Apr 21 20:18 UTC] No.26675501[source]▶
Stop being a negative Nancy, if france can do it we can do it. Who cares what the antinuke people think get some initiaives rolling and lets get going.