[xondono]

> Good luck building nuclear in non-generational timescales and at reasonable prices.

Or we could treat nuclear rationally and stop increasing the price three orders of magnitude past diminishing returns..

[cheema33]

> Or we could treat nuclear rationally and stop increasing the price three orders of magnitude past diminishing returns

Who is we here? Do you have examples of any countries having successfully done what you are proposing?

[Hammershaft]

'We' could refer to democratic societies that regulate nuclear energy with absurdly stringent standards beyond how we regulate other forms of energy. Just the regulatory cost of approving a new small reactor design exceeds 500 Million Dollars! That's the lifetime earnings of thousands of engineers and bureaucrats.

[xondono]

> Who is we here? Do you have examples of any countries having successfully done what you are proposing?

Does it really matter? There’s always a first country to do anything.

It makes no sense actual exposure to radiation is increasing because of the lack of nuclear plants…

[streptomycin]

China https://x.com/bataille_chris/status/1981476968202752109

[diordiderot]

> Do you have examples of any countries having successfully done what you are proposing?

France pre 21st century, China, Korea, Poland.