The Truth Is Uglier Than We Thought with David Borlace
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The Cost of Nuclear Reactors
I got quite enthusiastic when I first heard about small modular nuclear reactors kind of in a container and we'll just bury it next to a housing estate for 30 years without any stuff. And then there's one man who was in the army, works in the Ministry of Defense, had worked in military procurement for the MOD. He said, do you know how much they cost? And I went, no, he said, nor do I, nor does anybody. But I'll give you an estimate. Right. Yes, I can. It's also that it's always the cost thing as opposed to spending some billions on mitigation or adaptation. You know, people aren't dying in tropical areas so
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