The Environmental Movement's Split on Nuclear Reactors

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The environmental movement may have sowed the seeds of destruction by pushing so hard against nuclear early on. I think the regulation on nuclear in the US is so stringent that it's almost impossible to create a new nuclear plant. The TerraPower Reactor can both turn depleted uranium into fuel and create a lot of energy. In fact it's probably at least in order of magnitude more efficient than today's reactor.

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