Want to fight climate change? Build more nuclear power

Re:Want to fight climate change? Build more nuclear power by power_rated on Sunday August 31, 2014 @03:58AM (#8248730)

Yeah, well they don't get massive government subsidies.

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Re:Want to fight climate change? Build more nuclear power by ars on Sunday August 31, 2014 @05:49AM (#8248892)

Yes they do. They get a fixed feed-in tariff that is higher than the market rate.

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Re:Want to fight climate change? Build more nuclear power by lispm on Sunday August 31, 2014 @02:43PM (#8250006)

That's not a government subsidy. It's a feed-in tariff depending on the year, capacity, type of producer etc..

It is not paid by the government. The money is paid by the electricity consumers.

The energy intensive industry does not pay this, btw. Their electricity is 35% cheaper than in France, according to 'Uniden'.

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