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>there is not any concerted pressure to shut down existing nuclear plants in this country.

It's making a comeback. The initial released documents for the Green New Deal called for phasing out all nuclear power within 10 years.

[0] https://www.npr.org/2019/02/07/691997301/rep-alexandria-ocas...

[1] https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=5729035-Gree...



I am not very exercised about draft documents, and given the huge subsidies and externalities in the nuclear power industry, it's not too surprising that people are skeptical about that. I'm not anti-nuclear but those are legitimate problems nuclear advocates need to address instead of complaining about how hard they have it.




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