Re:Germany is moving beyond nuclear power, but at what cost?
by cma on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @01:20PM
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Nuclear costs are heavily externalized ($12 billion liability cap, rest paid by governement and there are plausible >$1trillion accident scenarios). It is as if they only have to pay insurance on a deductible.
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Re:Germany is moving beyond nuclear power, but at what cost?
by yohannparis on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @02:22PM
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The lack of a carbon tax makes any fossil fuel technology heavily subsidies.
When all externalities are taking into account, then we can talk about the cost of Nuclear.