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Curious on your opinion here, I think a lot of pro-nuclear voters are confused by the left. Here we have a solution that exceeds energy demands without the negative externalities of fossil fuels, but they won't support it. Is there something besides fear that's keeping them from embracing it?? It makes their stance on climate change seem hollow.

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As a non-German speaker, could you TLDR that up for us?

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What role did the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 have in suppressing the development of nuclear power as a viable option in America?

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It's my (possibly ignorant) understanding that the agreement heavily restricted the reprocessing of spent fuel at the price of creating additional quantities of plutonium which could be used with direct weapons applications.

The reprocessing of spent fuel is one of the hallmarks of nuclear power, elevating it in superiority by essentially "recycling" power sources. Is this true?

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Very interesting. Do you have a source on the power cost for silicon production used to make photovoltaic cells?