And so it begins, in earnest

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Originally Posted by Mike P

Nuclear is one of the greenest, if not the greenest, ways to generate electricity. We rely on it to a large extent here, and just put a new plant online. So getting cut off from Russian gas had very little effect on electricity costs and supply last winter. Spent fuel rods are placed deep underground in abandoned nickel mines.

The hysteria after Three Mile Island was unwarranted.

Some years ago I was on a flight with a nuclear engineer designing what was hoped to be the next big plant to get approved in the US. I’ve got my double gin and tonic and he’s spreading out blueprints everywhere explaining all the safety features. Total geek fest but I learned a lot.