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Thanks. I can now see how my comment could be misunderstood. My point is that while 4 cents per kWh for 50 years is a very big number in terms of cost overruns
by krasin 3y ago
Thanks. I can now see how my comment could be misunderstood.
My point is that while 4 cents per kWh for 50 years is a very big number in terms of cost overruns and the taxpayers in Georgia will have to eat it, I as a California resident, somehow pay through the nose despite abundant and cheap solar energy, especially during the daytime.
- llsf 3y agoNuclear power plants now run more than 50 years. We are pushing some to 80 years already. https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/whats-lifespan-nuclear-reactor-much-longer-you-might-think https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/whats-lifespan-nuclear-re...
- Retric 3y agoA large fraction of all nuclear power plants decommissioned recently didn’t make 50 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_decommissioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_decommissioning
- dv_dt 3y agoWe have our own nuclear albatrosses that we are overpaying for in California.