[montag813]

While we goof around with solar and wind, France is 89% powered by nuclear--and without a single safety incident in its history. We are such idiots.

[RayChuang88]

One of the small number of things the French did right was standardizing on nuclear plant design, which dramatically reduced construction costs and also allowed operators to learn the safety systems only once. I expect the French to replace these reactors with next-generation pebble-bed reactors en masse that offer vastly improved safety compared to today's light-water reactors.