The EPA won’t allow a nuke plant to built because of past problems, but they don’t seem to notice that the Navy is operating a lot of nuke plants without major problems.
One govt agency isn’t paying attention to the successes of another.
Almost 3/4’s of France’s electrical power is nuclear derived.
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Nuclear power is the largest source of electricity in the country, with a generation of 379.1 TWh, or 71.6% of the country’s total production of 519.4 TWh, the highest percentage in the world.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France
“The EPA wont allow a nuke plant to built because of past problems”
Care to correct that?
I agree about the Navy, but the solution is replacing nuclear plants which are quite literally antiques and decades past their life. Worse, they are being relicensed.
But “head-in-sand” is comfort to many.