| ▲ | sb057 2 hours ago | |
>which makes buildouts difficult without significant state support Which is why I said to subsidize it as state policy in the original comment. >cost to build is significantly higher in the US because land is privately owned Which is why I said there should be liberal use of eminent domain in the original comment. | ||
| ▲ | alephnerd 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
> Which is why I said to subsidize it as state policy in the original comment And as I pointed out, it's almost impossible because of the political implications > there should be liberal use of eminent domain Eminent domain is de facto impossible in the US in 2026 and would take decades of litigation for a project the size of an SMR. --- Even the current megaproject the Trump admin initiated will come on the chopping block this election cycle. Hell, look at ProPublica [0], UC Berkeley Law's [1], and former Democrat political appointees [2] opposition despite this being almost the exact same as similar initiatives we worked on during the Biden admin. Once the Republicans are out of office, they'll go on the same attack like they did with the IRA. We have a far-right [3] and a far-left [4] media ecosystem that are backed and subsidized by our enemies who mutually attempt to undermine such initiatives. [0] - https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nuclear-power-nrc-s... [1] - https://legal-planet.org/2026/02/02/new-trump-nuclear-reacto... [2] - https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trumps-big-nuclear-r... [3] - https://www.isdglobal.org/media-mentions/the-role-of-tucker-... [4] - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-... | ||