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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by Gwypaas on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @02:14PM (#30167594)
Sure, when you disregard the initial investment cost and only look at the marginal nuclear is among the cheapest. Although still being undercut by new investments in renewables nowadays.

That is the issue at hand, building new nuclear is not only marginal cost, it is mostly fixed costs and a unfathomable initial investment.

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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by Juliate on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @06:46AM (#30176314)
The question is rather: how do you expect to get rid of nuclear energy production in the coming century AND reduce CO2 emissions AND not get energy blackouts and prices soaring to unimaginable levels?
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