It makes sense that a nuclear peaker plant could last longer, but it's probably a challenge to sell an investment where the payoff comes after the investors are

It makes sense that a nuclear peaker plant could last longer, but it's probably a challenge to sell an investment where the payoff comes after the investors are dead. In the short to medium term, that unused capacity is lost profit. Maybe with a carbon tax, this could work... otherwise natural gas peakers will take all the money off the table.