US regulators have issued a warning to a nuclear project critical to Donald Trump’s efforts to revive the industry, after a contractor fell into a reactor cavity and a bundle of fuel rods nearly tipped over during refueling.

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There isn't any salt water if it's in a salt mine above the water table in seismically inactive rock. The one I'm referring to is WIPP in the US. This is just one source for kWH prices: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/. Search it, and there are many, many more. A little basic, 15 second research could get you 90% of the way there, instead of having me pull it for you. Individual mismanaged Western plants are not indicative of the trends of the industry as a whole. You can always find a standout poor example. Again, energy storage is not there yet. We physically cannot replace all fossil fuel reliance with purely renewables yet. It will happen, but not for some time. Price per kWH does not tell the full story of reliability over time.

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