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Critics say governments hide nuclear energy's failures and risks

Original: "When it comes to nuclear energy, governments suffer from severe memory loss, effectively concealing its failures and ri

A commentary argues that governments engage in selective memory when promoting nuclear energy, downplaying its failures and risks. The piece points to the lack of any successfully built commercial small modular reactor (SMR) as evidence that the technology's promises remain unproven, despite ongoing political and industry enthusiasm for a nuclear revival.

Why now: Renewed government and industry push for nuclear power, including SMRs, is drawing scepticism about its track record and economics.

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• "When it comes to nuclear energy, governments suffer from severe memory loss, effectively concealing its failures and risks. " There are very good reasons why no one has successfully built a commercial SMR. https:// rabble.ca/columnists/nuclear-p ower-economical-with-the-truth… · sleepy62@vivaldi.net · 7

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