People will run to point to the spate of new nuclear plans, but the point be made here is that nuclear regulation is so suffocating and costs so extreme that it's "effectively illegal" to build reactors.

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amanaplanacanal 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Is it safety regulation that makes nuclear so hard, or is it just that we can't seem to do large projects of any kind any more?

	▲	WarmWash 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I can tell you from second hand direct experience that the regulations are absolutely over the top, and then doubled for good measure. It almost makes aviation look like running a lemonade stand.
	▲	polski-g 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Musk can. Everyone else? Not so much.