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Not even slightly. Because most of the reactors that shut down at 0-30 years were claimed to last at least 40. Credulously believing the same lie again is just

Not even slightly. Because most of the reactors that shut down at 0-30 years were claimed to last at least 40. Credulously believing the same lie again is just stupid. Especially when they are already uneconomic to run. All you are doing is wasting resources on stranded assets.

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acidburnNSA 4y ago
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- Schroedingersat 4y ago
  You're now trying to pretend that having a few reactors extended (after expensive work which costs roughly as much as replacing them) means they don't typically shut down long before planned (usually after running at a huge loss for a decade or so). It's exactly the same lie again. Paying $15/W now *and then* $30/MWh on top *and then* having an option of paying $1-2/W later isn't somehow superior to paying $2/W for an equivalent amount of power now and amortising it at $24-40/MWh and then using the 80% of money left over for storage or whatever you please. If you're worried about your solar farm 60 years in the future simply repower 15% of them every time you would refuel the nuclear plant for less money than the fuel would cost. https://heated.world/p/big-oils-favorite-way-to-lie-paltering https://heated.world/p/big-oils-favorite-way-to-lie-palterin...

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acidburnNSA 4y ago

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Schroedingersat 4y ago
You're now trying to pretend that having a few reactors extended (after expensive work which costs roughly as much as replacing them) means they don't typically shut down long before planned (usually after running at a huge loss for a decade or so). It's exactly the same lie again. Paying $15/W now *and then* $30/MWh on top *and then* having an option of paying $1-2/W later isn't somehow superior to paying $2/W for an equivalent amount of power now and amortising it at $24-40/MWh and then using the 80% of money left over for storage or whatever you please. If you're worried about your solar farm 60 years in the future simply repower 15% of them every time you would refuel the nuclear plant for less money than the fuel would cost. https://heated.world/p/big-oils-favorite-way-to-lie-paltering https://heated.world/p/big-oils-favorite-way-to-lie-palterin...