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It's not like a chunk of plutonium just gives you 1.21GW in electricity you can plug into the grid. The fuel in nuclear is extremely cheap for the power it give
by rcxdude 6y ago
It's not like a chunk of plutonium just gives you 1.21GW in electricity you can plug into the grid. The fuel in nuclear is extremely cheap for the power it gives you. It's the rest of the system needed to safely extract that power and turn it into usable electricity that's expensive (whereas converting wind and solar to electricity is fairly cheap).