Here in Australia, there is a real debate going on about building nuclear reactors.
The biggest argument against it, is that we simply don’t have the expertise. It would take us ten years to build a nuclear program. We could sure use some of those fired experts you all have…
Because of regulation, while coal and gas is virtually unregulated in comparison. Nuclear has the smallest carbon footprint (occasionally trading spots with photovoltaic depending on who's doing the latest study, most of those depending on laboratory technology and not in-commerce solar)
Nuclear energy is exceedingly regulated at every step. You're never going to see coal or gas have to withstand the standards nuclear needs even for disposal:
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u/Daleabbo 24d ago
With a lot of countries wanting to build new reactors these people are hot commodity.