France has done an absolutely terrible job upgrading their nuclear plants and have delayed maintenance because of government decisions. France did well at nucle

France has done an absolutely terrible job upgrading their nuclear plants and have delayed maintenance because of government decisions. France did well at nuclear plant building in the 70/80 but in the last 20-30 years their track record has not been so good. There are lots of nuclear plants older then 40 years. Benznau in Switzerland has been operating since 1972 and will continue to do so for quite a while. There are a number of PWR plants that are currently being re-certified for 80 years. And many, many more could be. And that is not the end, likely they could be re-certified for even long live. I don't see your evidnece: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Too_much_money_for_dirty_energy.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Too_much... This is a bad graph, measure from 1974 makes little sense, solar and wind were not really relevant for most of that. It makes absolute sense to support nuclear if your alternative is coal. And I also question how in measures like this, the value of base-power is measured. Because if you think of it as a level of society, and not spot price electricity, things look quite different.