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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by f_allwein on Friday October 14, 2022 @05:55PM (#33209275)
Maybe so, but that doesn’t mean anyone should use nuclear. Perhaps we could come up with ways to distribute renewable energy globally?
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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by ncmncm on Friday October 14, 2022 @06:24PM (#33209518)
Right, there is never any legitimate justification to build new nukes.

At the moment, existing nukes can still be operated at competitive marginal cost, neglecting original capital cost, and carefully not counting continuing subsidies in opex. As renewables costs continues on down, even just nukes' subsidized opex will be unsustainable.

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