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Nuclear plants don't live forever. Refusing new nuclear is tantamount to eliminating nuclear.

Also, there are certainly green activists against ALL nuclear. I don't have a formal survey handy, but based purely on the opinions of those that I know, far more are anti-nuclear than are neutral on the matter.

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> Refusing new nuclear is tantamount to eliminating nuclear.

IT IS NOT. Refusing new nuclear but understanding that current nuclear plants can't be shutdown (yet) until there's more renewable replacements for energy generation is a good compromise.

Many plants are operating beyond their designed lifetimes because we don't have an alternative right now. This situation cannot go on indefinitely.

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