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KennyBlankentoday at 3:35 AM1 replyview on HN

Coal? You mean that thing that the US has been rapidly phasing out for two decades and currently represents about 10% of US electricity generation?

Whereas wind and solar are around twice that, and skyrocketing?


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fwipsytoday at 3:51 AM

This reactor was decommissioned in 1994. Since we're discussing the safety of 30-year-old reactors, it seems to me to be appropriate to compare to 30-year-old alternatives.