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4. I'm wondering if the nuclear subsidies remain cut in the "Big Beautiful" Tax bill that the HOR just passed --

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 07:46 AM

Friday

Nuclear power ‘dead in its tracks’ with House GOP tax bill, advocates warn, 5/15/25 (that's a week ago already)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127182610

The article in so many words pretty much said the subsidies are essential for the projects (including restarts and in some cases continued operation) to be economically viable for the utilities and entities building them. Without them, they wouldn't get built (or restarted) unless they were coerced into building them by the Coercer-In-Chief.