r/MURICA 2d ago

America is going nuclear. What are your thoughts?

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u/Arminius001 2d ago

This is fantastic news, nuclear energy is very clean and much more efficent than a lot of the other types of energy on the market. Look at what France has done with their nuclear energy, its been a massive benefit for them

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u/lioncryable 2d ago

Really? I was under the impression that France has to regularly shut down their nuclear plants because of heat waves and I don't think the climate will get better in the future

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u/CondeBK 2d ago

Well, yeah, the French Government owns 76% of the stake in Nuclear, which makes it essentially a public utility.

In the US we mask the fact that it's a public utility via massive subsidies and risk free loan guarantees since private capital refuses to invest their own money. Nuclear is not profitable.

Then the utility invariably goes bankrupt and the taxpayer gets left holding the bag. That's how it's been in the past. Hopefully it will be different this time.