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Old 02-17-2017, 06:50 AM  
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Originally Posted by klinton View Post
nuclear energy is the best........
I totally agree - however it is not competitive economically with fracked natural gas in the northern states of the US, which has led to a lot of plants having to shutdown and are going into de-commissioning along with a huge loss of jobs in the industry.
Fortunately some see the benefits of it in the southern states and are building new plants - a lot of construction going on.

I have always thought that with some real education given to both the news media and the public we could advance nuclear energy to be a real financial win in the markets...and make the licensing costs much less than the billions it costs right now.
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