What’s more, with a nuclear plant, you could not stop halfway along when you discovered you only needed half the output. Related: OPEC+ Vows To Respond If Countries Tap Their Oil ReservesAnd, third, there is the problem of nuclear waste. The people of Las Vegas did not want a nuclear waste storage facility nearby. Commercial entities might run the plants, build them under contract, sell the output, but they could not afford to undertake nuclear risk. In short, boosters for a new nuclear age plan substantial improvements over the old nuclear age but still have not shown how to make society more welcoming of nuclear or how to make nuclear self-sufficient.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 23, 2021 20:05 UTC