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Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by hagbard_c on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @07:11AM (#29890566)
Where are those costs not accounted for? Where I live they are, and then some - nuclear energy was taxed extra [1] to pay for waste storage and handling as well as to pay for alternative energy sources. This tax was added at the end of the 90's and rescinded in 2019. By that time waste storage and handling had been paid off several times over.

[1] https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4rnkraftsskatt

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Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by ivan_gammel on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @08:27AM (#29891201)
The article you are referencing is saying that the tax no longer exists. This is not a recipe for economically sustainable nuclear waste storage organization, is it?
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Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by hagbard_c on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @02:08PM (#29896184)
The tax no longer exists - as I already stated when I noted it was rescinded in 2019 - because the costs of waste handling and storage have been paid many times over. In what way would milking money out of nuclear power generation be "sustainable"?
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