Nuclear plants wouldn’t take so long to build if people stopped trying to sue and protest their construction and sabotage it with all the red tape. If permits were approved and certified tomorrow a new plant could be operational in 10 years. 5 if it was actually funded and supported. Building the plant is easy, its cuttinf through the red tape encouraged by the oil lobby that is takes decades
There is safety standards and there is nuclear regulations.
The difference being that things US Capitol Building, which has been in near constant use for over 220 years by legislative leaders, would be immediately closed and have a 3km exclusion zone setup around it if it was suddenly relabeled as a Nuclear Reactor Site, without any changes to the building. Because the natural granite used in it’s construction is more radioactive than Nuclear Power Plants are allowed to be. Think about that for a second and then tell me the safety standards are to a sensible degree.
But what if one of those stray radio nucleides corrupts my potential grand grand grand grand children 500 years down the line? What say you of your safety margins then?. (Dies of coughing due to coal Ash)
Nuclear plants wouldn’t take so long to build if people stopped trying to sue and protest their construction and sabotage it with all the red tape. If permits were approved and certified tomorrow a new plant could be operational in 10 years. 5 if it was actually funded and supported. Building the plant is easy, its cuttinf through the red tape encouraged by the oil lobby that is takes decades
Hey, those are the safety standards!
There is safety standards and there is nuclear regulations.
The difference being that things US Capitol Building, which has been in near constant use for over 220 years by legislative leaders, would be immediately closed and have a 3km exclusion zone setup around it if it was suddenly relabeled as a Nuclear Reactor Site, without any changes to the building. Because the natural granite used in it’s construction is more radioactive than Nuclear Power Plants are allowed to be. Think about that for a second and then tell me the safety standards are to a sensible degree.
But what if one of those stray radio nucleides corrupts my potential grand grand grand grand children 500 years down the line? What say you of your safety margins then?. (Dies of coughing due to coal Ash)