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If half is the same as a coal plant could existing coal plants be converted to nuclear? They would be in the right places for power generation and it would be a win by reducing coal and not having to build a whole new plant.



Thats already the plan for some coal sites. TerraPower (Bill Gates is the Chairman) wants to convert the first one in Wyoming.

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/doe-report-finds-hundreds...




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