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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours ago You always needed a way to show that people would pay the long term prices necessary to cover the cost of construction. Not when the federal government was just building them to generate fissile material and giving the electricity away after that. There’s less room to make money because nuclear is expensive Upfront costs are expensive. But operational and fuel costs are very low, per MWh. Long term, nuclear is cheaper.
Not when the federal government was just building them to generate fissile material and giving the electricity away after that.
Upfront costs are expensive. But operational and fuel costs are very low, per MWh. Long term, nuclear is cheaper.