Safety considerations aside, nuclear

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Weak4% picked this

   Safety regulations can increase the costs of running both conventional and

   This applies to both nuclear and conventional power plants.

   4%
2. B

   Weakens3% picked this

   Conventional power plants spend more time out of service than do

   This would make nuclear power plants more competitive with conventional power plants.

   3%
3. C

   Correct89% picked this

   The average life expectancy of a nuclear power plant is shorter than that of

   Why this is right

   This increases the construction costs relative to other costs as a measure of the total cost when measuring the economic feasibility of nuclear power.

   Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   89%
4. D

   Out of Scope - Temporal1% picked this

   Nuclear power plants cost less to build today than they cost to build when their

   The argument is about the economic feasibility of nuclear power plants today, so information about how the construction costs of nuclear power plants have fallen over time is not relevant.

   1%
5. E

   Out of Scope - Temporal4% picked this

   As conventional fuels become scarcer their cost will increase dramatically, which will increase the cost of running

   The argument is about the economic feasibility of nuclear power plants today, so information about the cost of conventional fuels in the future is not relevant.

   4%