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Re:Why Small Modular Reactors Can’t Compete with Renewable E... by pydry on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:10AM (#34451978)
>France restarted its nuclear power plants and guess what? Prices for energy went down! How is that even possible when renewables are so cheap and nuclear power can't compete with price?

Because the nuclear plants that went down were already paid for.

They went down in the first place because theyre expensive to maintain and France was cutting costs.

If nuclear were cost competitive then they wouldnt be riding on the coat tails of soon-to-expire reactors built in the 70s and the % of French electricity supplied by nuclear wouldnt be going down.

Re:Why Small Modular Reactors Can’t Compete with Renewable E... by TheLoafOfBread on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:23AM (#34465375)
German nuclear power plants weren't paid for? What kind of excuse is that?