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To the keepers of this article, there seems to be a pretty interesting overview of the latest reactor designs at Nuclear power reconsidered. Some of that information might be useful in the Research section of this article. They've gone more deeply into it. Harborsparrow ( talk) 22:56, 27 February 2023 (UTC) reply

In the introduction, the article says that the USA produce "800 TWh of zero-emissions electricity per year". It is obvioulsy not zero-emission: green house gases are emitted in the process of building the plant, extracting and transporting the fuel and decomissionning the plant. 82.147.145.235 ( talk) 05:24, 22 August 2023 (UTC) reply

Fixed. -- TuomoS ( talk) 06:24, 22 August 2023 (UTC) reply

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Under the section titled 'Safety' in the third paragraph 'With a death rate of 0.07 per TWh' should be changed to 'With a death rate of 0.03 per TWh'. The source is citation 199 in the nuclear power page, which is this article ^[1]. This is the source cited for the original statistic, but I believe it was copied incorrectly. ThePiMaven ( talk) 19:57, 15 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Fixed. It was not copied incorrectly, but the source has been updated in 2022, based on more recent analysis and estimates. -- TuomoS ( talk) 20:38, 15 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Intro is too long. Info on end-of-life-fuel-cycle is unnecessary as is repeated in the fuel cycle section; to focus on such suggests bias. But what a weird bias hey. Like Coprophobia. Stick the waste back down to mines from whence it came. Focus on the benefits. 118.149.93.125 ( talk) 08:57, 3 December 2023 (UTC) reply

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Yes 62.253.28.177 ( talk) 10:18, 15 April 2024 (UTC) reply

I suggest you add more pictures for learning

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. '''[[ User:CanonNi]]''' ( talk| contribs) 14:10, 15 April 2024 (UTC) reply