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>Nuclear is expensive yes, not least because all decomissioning and cleanup costs are included in the price, Where do you live that these costs are included in

>Nuclear is expensive yes, not least because all decomissioning and cleanup costs are included in the price, Where do you live that these costs are included in the price?

sofixa 5y ago
France. They're included for all new projects ( Flamanville, Hinkley Point) and some older ones depending on the age.
- DennisP 5y ago
  Also, US reactors are required to put money in a trust fund for decommissioning. https://www.powermag.com/data-shows-nuclear-plant-decommissioning-costs-falling/ https://www.powermag.com/data-shows-nuclear-plant-decommissi...
  - chefkoch 5y ago
    >So the US fleet cleanup is going to cost the taxpayer probably closer to an additional $40 billion, if it all goes according to the estimates. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/01/us-nuclear-site-cleanup-underfunded-by-up-to-70-billion/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/01/us-nuclear-site-cleanup...
    - DennisP 5y ago
      According to your article, we're collecting a little less than half what we need, and "utilities are collecting 0.1 to 0.2 cents/kWh" for decommissioning. If we want to roll out a lot more nuclear, we can fully fund the decommissioning deposit, and it will add a whopping 0.2 cent/kWh to the energy cost. We can be reasonably confident of that because decommissioning costs are falling: https://www.powermag.com/data-shows-nuclear-plant-decommissioning-costs-falling/ https://www.powermag.com/data-shows-nuclear-plant-decommissi...
- chefkoch 5y ago
  >Whereas Germany has set aside €38 billion to decommission 17 nuclear reactors, and the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority estimates that clean-up of UK’s 17 nuclear sites will cost between €109‒250 billion over the next 120 years, France has set aside only €23 billion to decommissioning its 58 reactors. To put this in context, according to the European Commission, > Soon EDF will have to start the biggest, most complex and costliest nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management programme on earth Seems like it won't be enough, as german gouvernment reports estimate around 50 bln for less then a third of the french reactors.

>Nuclear is expensive yes, not least because all decomissioning and cleanup costs are included in the price, Where do you live that these costs are included in the price?

sofixa 5y ago

France. They're included for all new projects ( Flamanville, Hinkley Point) and some older ones depending on the age.

DennisP 5y ago
Also, US reactors are required to put money in a trust fund for decommissioning. https://www.powermag.com/data-shows-nuclear-plant-decommissioning-costs-falling/ https://www.powermag.com/data-shows-nuclear-plant-decommissi...
- chefkoch 5y ago
  >So the US fleet cleanup is going to cost the taxpayer probably closer to an additional $40 billion, if it all goes according to the estimates. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/01/us-nuclear-site-cleanup-underfunded-by-up-to-70-billion/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/01/us-nuclear-site-cleanup...
  - DennisP 5y ago
    According to your article, we're collecting a little less than half what we need, and "utilities are collecting 0.1 to 0.2 cents/kWh" for decommissioning. If we want to roll out a lot more nuclear, we can fully fund the decommissioning deposit, and it will add a whopping 0.2 cent/kWh to the energy cost. We can be reasonably confident of that because decommissioning costs are falling: https://www.powermag.com/data-shows-nuclear-plant-decommissioning-costs-falling/ https://www.powermag.com/data-shows-nuclear-plant-decommissi...
chefkoch 5y ago
>Whereas Germany has set aside €38 billion to decommission 17 nuclear reactors, and the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority estimates that clean-up of UK’s 17 nuclear sites will cost between €109‒250 billion over the next 120 years, France has set aside only €23 billion to decommissioning its 58 reactors. To put this in context, according to the European Commission, > Soon EDF will have to start the biggest, most complex and costliest nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management programme on earth Seems like it won't be enough, as german gouvernment reports estimate around 50 bln for less then a third of the french reactors.