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New York to Build One of First U.S. Nuclear-Power Plants in Generation (archive.today)
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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Building a nuclear reactor in the current day is a massive waste of money. Instead get solar and wind energy which directly work and have about the same cost.

Nuclear used to have a big performance to price advantage over solar and wind, but not anymore. It only takes 10 years longer before it can actually do something.