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If the cost is the same as nuclear, it should be preferred, as there is no nuclear waste. And that's probably even also considering that both the actual cost o
by klingonopera 7y ago
If the cost is the same as nuclear, it should be preferred, as there is no nuclear waste.
And that's probably even also considering that both the actual cost of nuclear[0][1][2][3], as well as the risk of failure[4][5] and the therein resulting costs[6] are often wildly underestimated.
[0]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4631737.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4631737.stm
[1]: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2019/01/31/debunking-the-low-cost-nuclear-myth/ https://www.pv-magazine.com/2019/01/31/debunking-the-low-cos...
[2]: https://financialtribune.com/articles/energy/9386/nuclear-decommissioning-cost-underestimated https://financialtribune.com/articles/energy/9386/nuclear-de...
[3]: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/true-cost-of-nuclear-power-1.3415825 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/true-cost-of-nucl...
[4]: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4543400/Scientists-warn-nuclear-regulators-underestimate-risk.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4543400/Scie...
[5]: https://phys.org/news/2017-05-nuclear-greatly-underestimate-potential-disaster.html https://phys.org/news/2017-05-nuclear-greatly-underestimate-...
[6]: https://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/16/fukushimas-final-costs-will-approach-one-trillion-dollars-just-for-nuclear-disaster/ https://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/16/fukushimas-final-costs-...
- Robotbeat 7y agoI'm including the wildly inflated costs, here. And it only works at lower latitudes. At high latitudes, it's not viable.