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Originally Posted by PRBuzz
Nuclear power is (can be) a very safe form of energy, if it wasn't it wouldn't be found as the source of power on many of the naval ships. The laws/regs make it really cost and time prohibitive to construct new plants, $10s of billions in costs and >10 yrs from start to finish construction, then you begin the licensing approvals....
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I'm very interested what will come from the newish concept of utilizing nuclear waste to power the plants. From what I understand, there isn't nearly as much refining needed and the waste is reused.