Why do you think he went to war with Iran? US oil companies sure aren't complaining right now. THey need over 62$ a barrel to break even. Before the war it was like 70$ish a barrel. Barely making a profit. As for nuclear progress the US won't be a leader in that going forward. It hasn't even moved past uranium steam reactors. China is out here building Thorium Molten Salt reactors. They even have plans to put one in a cargo ship. Combined with their solar and wind production they're the only hope humanity has to stop climate change.

We're discussing that? I thought the thread was about the article from ars and you bringing up your comment as an apropos to the article, but youre telling us its the other way around? Hm, weird

WPPSS, also called "Whoops!"

lol

Where is the final depleted uranium storage facility in the United States?

Source on horrible storage:
https://www.bge.de/de/asse/themenschwerpunkte/das-salzwasser-in-der-asse/

Salt water inside isn't good. Estimated costs are in the billions and paid by the tax payers and not the company responsible for it.

Source on kWh prices for nuclear?

"Flamanville 3, under construction in 2010, had an initial estimated cost in 2007 of €3.3 billion. By the time the reactor went online in 2024, the final cost had risen to an estimate €13.2 billion"

Hinkey point is currently being built and has a minimum price per kWh of 15 cents. Even the worst priced private solar offer over here will be closer to 10 and a good one with storage at 6. For commercial it's closer to 3. Including storage at commercial capacity is around 10.

https://www.iwr.de/news/britisches-atomkraftwerk-hinkley-point-c-verzoegert-sich-weiter-und-wird-teurer-atomstrom-kostet-mindestens-15-cent-pro-kilowattstunde-news39541

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.