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The window of economic viability for nuclear energy has very likely closed for good at this point except for niche applications. This is because the costs of s
by sunstone 7y ago
The window of economic viability for nuclear energy has very likely closed for good at this point except for niche applications. This is because the costs of solar, wind and HVDC have been dropping so quickly.
This technologies have the killer attributes of almost no externalities, incremental investment and very short implementation horizons.
Sure, countries will still like to keep training physicists in nuclear fusion to maintain a skilled group for nuclear weapons which is fine.