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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by xroche on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:12AM (#26423591)
> France runs a lot of totally outdated reactors, because there is not enough money available to replace them

We don't replace them because there is no political will to do so, and the green party has successfully put fear-mongering campaigns against nuclear energy.

> Even extending the lifetimes costs a lot of money, which had better be invested in a future decentralized market-oriented

And yet France electricity cost is half the price of what you have in Germany, where you will find the "decentralized energy revolution".

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by lispm on Thursday March 11, 2021 @09:24AM (#26424287)
> We don't replace them because there is no political will to do so

There is no money for it and France does not know how to do it --- see the exploding problems, costs and time overrun of the EPR.

> And yet France electricity cost is half the price of what you have in Germany, where you will find the "decentralized energy revolution".

The French tax payer pays. In Germany the electricity costs are higher for private consumers and cheaper for industrial consumers.

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