• piccoloEnglish
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    Wouldn’t emitting radiation, even at background levels, lead to an increase in radiation as it’s in addition to background stuff?

    Yes. But a single flight across the US exposes people around 4 times ground level background radiation.

    • IchNichtenLichtenEnglish
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      Sure, it’s a negligible amount but OP was saying that nuclear would be competitive on cost if only red tape wouldn’t keep pushing the price up. Their contention was that less shielding would substantially lower the price of new nuclear but so far I’ve not seen anything to support this argument.