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mountainwocky t1_iy3is6j wrote

I’d certainly much rather live near a nuclear power plant than live near a coal fired power plant.

I’m ok with them decommissioning old nuclear power plants once they have a newer, safer designed plant built and operating. There are new designs that are essentially meltdown proof so no worries about “The China Syndrome“ happening.

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_crAss_ t1_iy6gs4o wrote

Unfortunately the time when nuclear could have served as a "bridge technology" to more sustainable sources in the US has likely passed. When is the last time a new plant has been built in this country, including a major overhaul of an existing facility? The permitting, engineering, and construction costs just don't pencil anymore as they did decades ago. Building more wind and solar from a kilowatt/$ standpoint makes more sense at this point.

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Maleficent_Rope_7844 t1_iy7utrx wrote

Except wind and solar don't provide baseload for us, and won't for the foreseeable future.

Unless we setup some serious offshore wind in the Atlantic, but I'm not sure how far our current grid could carry that power.

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VThillbilly t1_iycr2c5 wrote

To many regulations by your corrupt government we need more new and sate of the art nuclear power plants. Wind and solar can only do so much also doesn't help when most the solar fields in my area send the power to Massachusetts does Massachusetts send solar power to VT ? VT used to be a great state with a great and honest name the Democrats from other surrounding states have ruined VT and they just use VT like a slave this is rediculous we need less democrats in Montpelier from the gov all the way down.

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