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.
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.