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nxmtoday at 2:05 PM3 repliesview on HN

That includes nuclear power, correct?


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no-name-heretoday at 4:14 PM

I'm fine with any power source, but all sources should include all lifetime externality costs (including for fossil/nuclear/renewable):

* Externality costs for items like pollution

* Any required insurance cost during their lifetime (not subsidized)

* An up-front bond or similar to cover final decommissioning and any required long-term storage costs (again, for fossil/renewable/nuclear)

triceratopstoday at 2:16 PM

Can they build it safely as fast as the data center it's meant to power? Full steam ahead then.

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mschuster91today at 2:47 PM

Nuclear power takes 10-20 years to build from scratch.

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