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The costs are all hidden. Removal and dismantling of nuclear waste and the decommissioning power plants is ridiculously expensive in places like the UK. When yo
by secfirstmd 6y ago
The costs are all hidden. Removal and dismantling of nuclear waste and the decommissioning power plants is ridiculously expensive in places like the UK. When you factor that in also, nuclear ain't so cheap at all. Those costs only rise also.
- waiseristy 6y agoThe cost of dismantling and recycling solar panels, wind turbines, etc. is also hidden, using that same logic. And will present a huge problem in 20-30 years. We've already had 50 years experience decommissioning poorly designed reactors. We should know how to do it at least slightly better in the year 2021 The costs also do not rise per unit power. As with anything, the more you install, the cheaper it gets to install them.
- cbmuser 6y agoAnd he somehow forgot the costs for any backup generation that is needed for volatile renewable energy.
- cbmuser 6y agoIt’s actually not expensive at all and fully paid by the energy companies. The costs are always inflated by the anti-nuclear movement, but when you talk to actual nuclear engineers you will learn that these costs have never been a problem. I have visited multiple decommissioned nuclear plants in Germany and the guides talked about the decommissioning costs which were 6 billion Euros for the two plants of former East Germany. And keep in mind that a single nuclear reactor produces electricity worth more than one million Dollars - per day - with the NRC already having licensed plants for an 80-year lifetime such as the Turkey Point station. And don’t forget that solar and wind will _always_ need a backup solution such as natural gas. You have to include these when comparing costs.