Energy Department teams up with Bill Gates to move mini-nuclear plants to market

Re:Energy Department teams up with Bill Gates to move mini-n... by robbiep on Sunday August 26, 2018 @01:25AM (#17844416)

Solar installations are generally rated for a 30 year life, so ¾ of nuclear isn’t bad, especially when you add in decommissioning costs which are going to be a lot lower for solar

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Re:Energy Department teams up with Bill Gates to move mini-n... by natmaka on Sunday August 26, 2018 @04:47AM (#17844976)

UK discounted provision for decommission costs:

£100+ billion in 2013 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jun/23/britain-...

£161 billion in 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170516093449/https://www.gov.u...

£234 billion in 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-provision...

... and counting.

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