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Is Nuclear Power “Too Expensive”?

Kyle Hill 17:42

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The best argument against nuclear power, maybe the only real argument, is that nuclear power is “too slow” to build and is “too expensive” to finance. Is this true? Or is it another myth, like glowing green goo, that needs debunking? Noted Nuclear Zaddy Kyle Hill finally digs into the economics of nuclear power.

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