I mean im guessing its because it may not be as profitable, or atleast at first, boycotts or directly just capitalism fucking everything up? i legit always imagine aliens seeing us still use coal while having DISCOVERED IN 1932

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    I’ll tell you why we stopped in America. The Three Mile Island incident was 12 days after The China Syndrome hit theaters, a movie about a reactor meltdown. That’s it. That simple. People freaked out and we shut down plans for new plants.

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      The nuclear buildout already really slowed down before for economic reasons. Three Mile Island certainly had an impact, but it was only a part of the reason why the US stopped.