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boringgyesterday at 7:47 PM1 replyview on HN

This should be a quick reminder to the crowd -- Nuclear is almost always a public/private partnership to manage the project development costs and to keep the cost of capital in a reasonable range. The costs are large for a private company to put up the capital with the risk involved.


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pfdietzyesterday at 8:18 PM

In other words: nuclear is not viable unless the risks are offloaded to the public. Privatize profits, socialize risks.

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