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g_rich t1_iviertj wrote

Not going to happen, everyone likes the idea of nuclear but no one wants it in their backyard. The fact is nuclear, especially modern day nuclear power plants, is extremely safe and extensively regulated. Coal actually produces more radiation than a nuclear power plant and if a nuclear power plant put into the environment even a fraction of the radiation that a coal plant does it would be shut down. The perception of nuclear is just too tainted and the investment is so much that we will never see another plant come online in this state. Off shore wind is out best bet, we just need to get grid level storage online to make it reliable.

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