Re:U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Weren’t Built for Climate Change
by fulafel on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:36AM
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Look up the lifetime costs per mwh and construction lead times. Spoiler: renewables are cheaper than nuclear and getting cheaper, nuclear is getting more expensive.
Then ponder the financing problems of decades long megaprojects counting on a certain minimum electricity price after completion.
Then ponder the financing problems of decades long megaprojects counting on a certain minimum electricity price after completion.