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Look at the recent fiascos where $15B has already been spent and they say giving them another $10B will surely provide you with a 2GW plant, if you just wait enough years more. Or might not.

"Public credit" for these massive corruption festivals does not lead to good results.




Then your argument is with the GP about whether we need nuclear power plants.


It's a good argument against corrupt politicians, not a good argument against nuclear energy.


The argument against nukes is that they are super-expensive compared to modern alternatives. The politicians who make nukes even more expensive are smart enough to get rich doing it.


Exactly. We do not need nukes, and we especially do not need institutionally corrupt nuke projects.




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