23 September

This is the Vogtle nuclear power station in Georgia, USA. The only nuclear power plant the US currently has under construction. For those drunk on the hopium of nuclear power slogans from politicians, here's fun facts about this only remaining nuke plant the US is bothering to build. It's years behind schedule. It's initial cost of $21 billion (yes, billion) has now blown out to over $42 billion. For ONE nuclear plant generating about as much power as Mt Piper near Lithgow, which cost $2 billion. And the fuel not only isn't free, it's hugely expensive. Then you have to dispose of the waste for thousands of years. The US already generates more power using renewables than it does with nuclear. The time of dumb is ending.