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America’s Complicated Relationship With Nuclear Power

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Why Is Nuclear Energy So Expensive?

Nuclear energy is one of the few industries that's regulated to t nt of zero risk. If there are so many boxes you have to check and so many hoops you have to jump through, ah, and there's no tall acurance for any problems, then it's just cost will go up because of that. The longer these projects go on, the more they need to be funded by rate payers. Even after the construction is actually finished, it takes a long time for them to pay themselves off.

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