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Re:First new US nuclear reactor in decades enters commercial... by krasin on Monday July 31, 2023 @04:34PM (#36948393)
Thanks. I can now see how my comment could be misunderstood.

My point is that while 4 cents per kWh for 50 years is a very big number in terms of cost overruns and the taxpayers in Georgia will have to eat it, I as a California resident, somehow pay through the nose despite abundant and cheap solar energy, especially during the daytime.

Re:First new US nuclear reactor in decades enters commercial... by llsf on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:38PM (#36949231)
Nuclear power plants now run more than 50 years. We are pushing some to 80 years already.

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/whats-lifespan-nuclear-re...

Re:First new US nuclear reactor in decades enters commercial... by Retric on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:48PM (#36993142)
A large fraction of all nuclear power plants decommissioned recently didn’t make 50 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_decommissioning

Re:First new US nuclear reactor in decades enters commercial... by dv_dt on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:47PM (#36949305)
We have our own nuclear albatrosses that we are overpaying for in California.