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McCain calls for 700+ new nuclear plants (and 7 Yucca mountains) costing $4 trillion

Well, sort of. The HuffPo folks love to write sensational headlines... "We would have to quadruple the number of reactors to 400, which would take decades even if we could somehow return to -- and sustain -- the fastest decadal rate of U.S. nuclear plant construction. But that wouldn't mean just building 300 new nuclear plants, for several reasons. First, by 2050, almost all of the existing plants would need to be replaced, so that is another hundred to build if we want to hit the 80% goal."

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