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Re:How do you make safe, cheap nuclear reactors? Bury them a... by slightwinder on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:44PM (#41371232)
France did that, didn't work out that well. Sure, it was cheaper, but still f**ing expensive.
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Re:How do you make safe, cheap nuclear reactors? Bury them a... by chickenbig on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @02:19AM (#41376522)
Per https://www.reddit.com/r/nuclear/comments/xtv31i/cost_of_the... the number is more like 100B EUR.

Compare that with renewables, the subsidy of which is reported to be up to 6B EUR for 2025. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-24/french-su.... It is unclear how this relates to the 30B EUR subsidy program approved by the EU Commission in 2021 https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/29/european-commission-a...

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Re:How do you make safe, cheap nuclear reactors? Bury them a... by realusername on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @02:23AM (#41376554)
France spent around half of the cost of the nuclear grid on renewables and the result isn't even close. Renewables underdelivered by a huge margin in the past 10 years compared to what the country thought they would. That's a actually one of the reasons of the nuclear rebirth in France, along with the Russian war.
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Re:How do you make safe, cheap nuclear reactors? Bury them a... by wkat4242 on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @04:09AM (#41377186)
France also invested heavily in nuclear because they develop their own nuclear weapons. So a knowledgeable industry is key, even though the materials aren't exactly the same.
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