The nuclear Labubu? Every governor’s got to have one
May 14, 2026
Why are US governors across the country chasing after new reactors as if they are the latest fad toy, a kind of nuclear Labubu? They are falling all over each other to get them like obsessive parents outside a toy store at dawn. New reactors will be over-priced, a longtime coming, and fizzle out quickly. The new nuclear reactor notion needs to be discarded as quickly as the latest gimmicks are. Watch our video. (Headline photo of a Labubu in Hong Kong International Airport republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.)
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