France did and does heavily subsidize nuclear, it pretty much paid for the whole fleet out of government pockets when it was originally built in the 70s [0] An

France did and does heavily subsidize nuclear, it pretty much paid for the whole fleet out of government pockets when it was originally built in the 70s [0] And because that was expensive, there isn't enough money for decommissioning left, which needs equally massive subsidies [1]. [0] https://www.france24.com/en/20170710-france-hulot-could-close-nuclear-plants https://www.france24.com/en/20170710-france-hulot-could-clos... [1] https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-nuclear/eu-short-of-118-billion-euros-in-nuclear-decommissioning-funds-draft-idUKKCN0VP2KN https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-nuclear/eu-short-of...