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Chris Wright: “We've built very little nuclear over the last 30 or 40…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Published | Video Starts at 30:07

And you know, if we're leaning into nuclear, how do you keep the cost down with that, given how nuclear, how expensive nuclear can be to build? Now, James, you make a good point there. We've built very little nuclear over the last 30 or 40 years. The supply chain is atrophied and gone away. So the first plants that are built, the last plants, the Vogel plants that were built were very expensive. (30:07–30:12)

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Asserts that there has been minimal nuclear construction in the last 30-40 years.

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