A majority of Americans (57%) say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity in the country, up from 43% who said this in 2020.
Personally, I think this is a good development because we need sources of clean energy, and nuclear power generates a lot of it!
There is always the problem of nuclear waste, but we have ways to safely contain and dispose of it. Until we find a way to generate energy via fusion, nuclear power is the cleanest way to generate energy in the quantities we need it.
Good. Nuclear power is awesome
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No. 😡
I mean, I favor it in principle, but unless it can be made cost-effective, it’s not going to happen. $20 billion for one nuclear plant is crazy.
Isn’t it about the energy mix rather than all-or-nothing? An all-nuclear option would be an expensive way to go low-carbon, but including a big nuclear share in the mix (alongside cheap wind and solar) seems like a good way of guaranteeing reliability in days when the weather is less favourable to renewables, whilst keeping the total cost of electricity reasonable.
