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As Alex Epstein mentions, if we decriminalized fission and stopped making bespoke works of art for each project, the costs could be drastically reduced. Nuke plants should be mass produced using a proven manufacturing template; no need to get approval for each and every aspect of design, each and every time, since the design would go through the approval process just once. Then the only hurdle is a small study to determine the suitability of the proposed site.