If not for the success of the anti-nuke protest movement [1] in blocking nuclear progress and deployment and making it around 10 times more expensive thatn it could have been, nuclear power could be 1/10th it's current cost [2]. Unfortunately for the word, the anti-nukes are still blocking progress - thereby causing the GHG emissions they say they oppose and causing half a million deaths per year. The anti-nukes lack of decency or ethical values is reprehensible.

[1] Origins, Goals, and Tactics of the US anti-nuclear protest movement. https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/notes/2005/N2192.pdf

[2] "Nuclear power learning rates: policy implications" https://judithcurry.com/2016/03/13/nuclear-power-learning-rates-policy-implications/

If we have finally woken up to the fact that solar and wind cannot do
the job, we had better get a wriggle on, because it has just been
realised that world peak coal and Chinese peak coal has occurred.
Now because we will have no money we will have to use coal for longer
than other countries and deny it for export, while we scape together
enough to get started on a uranium or thorium power program.

We do not have much leeway in what we do.
It is ban coal export and continue as long as possible with our coal.
Just hope that we can start building nuclear one at a time.

There can never be a justification for using a fuel [or a weapon] that is so toxic, so unstable, unable to be disposed of, will be a target for terrorists and is capable of destroying all life on earth if there's a large earthquake nearby. The insanity of the idea should have everyone quaking in their beds. The sword of Damocles hanging forever above the heads of our children for what amounts to eternity. Renewables will be able to provide energy forever - or at least until the sun dies, so stop this death wish.

ybgirp

You are truly ignorant

Good! glad to see I'm not the only one who believes in "atoms for peace". It's a vital component of diversifying our energy portfolio in this and other countries.
Refinements and technological advancements in Nuclear reactor design have come a long way since the early designs of 20th century..

http://www.nei.org/Knowledge-Center/FAQ-About-Nuclear-Energy

Bazz,

The problem is that there are enough idiot activists insisting that the requirement for baseload is a myth, so that many people believe them.

The only time people will seriously consider nuclear is when the limit of renewables is tested and then we will have to wait for a decade.