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That authoritarian countries are the main deployers and providers of nuclear is no surprise. The central government decides and there is no opposition. In most
by lispm 4y ago
That authoritarian countries are the main deployers and providers of nuclear is no surprise. The central government decides and there is no opposition. In most democratic countries nuclear is not competitive in the market anymore. For a country like Russia it's much easier to sell nuclear cheap into the market: they want to make European countries dependent on their energy delivery. Western countries have much higher technology standards and with market prices they are not competitive.
- jpgvm 4y agoIt can be competitive, it's not politically tenable. Because it's not politically tenable it can't be allowed to be commercially competitive, the forces raising the prices will simply increase until it's priced out - such is the way of politics.
- lispm 4y ago> It can be competitive, Not without market intervention of the government. In France the nuclear industry (EDF) is state owned. > it's not politically tenable. France. Pro nuclear country with a large fleet of aging reactors. -> huge costs of maintaining the reactors, large parts of the fleet is offline in the last months, building reactors is extremely costly and takes a long time, industry had to be rescued by the government.