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First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled::NuScale and its primary partner give up on its first installation.
Does solar power use some rare earth minerals and stuff like that? They own those, but you probably need them for nuclear and others
Yeah every power source needs some materials.
Silicon, iirc
Made from sand. A very rareaterial.
Solar power was actually pushed by big oil in the 70s, 80s and 90s because they were afraid of nuclear.
Solar was not viewed as a viable energy system by big oil back then.