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This is the conspiracy theory reasoning I was talking about. Nuclear is wonderful, but a global omnipotent green conspiracy has hobbled it.

Or, maybe, it really is complicated and needs regulation to keep it sufficiently safe in a world where corners are always cut.

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Right or wrong, I don't think conspiratorial is the right descriptor here. The pro-nuclear claim is that the very loud, very public anti-nuclear movement was influential in setting regulations of the industry. It's not "an evil cabal of shadowy green elites secretly control everything", it's "democracy works; fellow citizens were/are dumb; legislation improvements move slowly".

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