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Re:German solar and wind are triple the cost of French nucle... by freeflight on Sunday November 10, 2019 @03:51PM (#21500124)
France did and does heavily subsidize nuclear, it pretty much paid for the whole fleet out of government pockets when it was originally built in the 70s [0]

And because that was expensive, there isn't enough money for decommissioning left, which needs equally massive subsidies [1].

[0] https://www.france24.com/en/20170710-france-hulot-could-clos...

[1] https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-nuclear/eu-short-of...

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Re:German solar and wind are triple the cost of French nucle... by baud147258 on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @11:47AM (#21515554)
The money for decommissioning and upkeep was used to prop up wind and solar uptake in France, with dismal results.
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