Even it if's "100% private" there seems to be a significant portion of the cost that will be picked up by the government. That's always been the problem with nuclear. Without state support, it wouldn't exist little less experience a "renaissance".
What's hilarious is that the "free market" politicians are often the most enthusiastic about dumping money into it to keep it propped up. Maybe one too many Heinlein atomic stories when they were younger.
This book "Light Water" I've been reading covers the early history of both the American and European efforts and there are a lot of deja vu moments in their. You know what they say about people who forget their history and repeating things.
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Date: 2008-01-11 03:36 pm (UTC)What's hilarious is that the "free market" politicians are often the most enthusiastic about dumping money into it to keep it propped up. Maybe one too many Heinlein atomic stories when they were younger.
This book "Light Water" I've been reading covers the early history of both the American and European efforts and there are a lot of deja vu moments in their. You know what they say about people who forget their history and repeating things.