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Ok so no real-world example... yet :) #RemindMeIn10Years

• cycomanic 4y ago
  Ok challenge for you, show me a real-world example of a fully commissioned long-term nuclear waste storage or a nuclear power plant that could be build on budget and within 5 years time and produce electricity at prices competitive with renewables when factoring in decommisioning and waste storage.
  • pigeonhole123 4y ago
    What are we currently doing with the waste from the hundreds of currently operational reactors? I'm assuming you mean price per kWh, compared with wind/solar and the necessary storage? What is the current price of renewables plus storage?
    • cycomanic 4y ago
      > What are we currently doing with the waste from the hundreds of currently operational reactors? They are put into temporary storage (viable for 10-50 years), that's not long term storage. > I'm assuming you mean price per kWh, compared with wind/solar and the necessary storage? What is the current price of renewables plus storage? You cannot operate a grid on nuclear only so why include storage for renewables? Edit: supplied time frame for temporary storage
      • pigeonhole123 4y ago
        Because wind and solar are much more unreliable than nuclear so it needs storage to smooth out the demand.