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“Super expensive” for who builds them, or "super expensive" for the end user paying their electricity bill? Also, there are safe solutions to store nuclear was
by ziotom78 2y ago
“Super expensive” for who builds them, or "super expensive" for the end user paying their electricity bill?
Also, there are safe solutions to store nuclear waste. They are not 1.0e31% secure, but many other kinds of power plants carry significant risks [1] [2] [3]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmington_Mine_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmington_Mine_disaster
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Connecticut_power_plant_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Connecticut_power_plant_e...
- marcosdumay 2y agoIt's either expensive to the person paying the bill or to the person paying tax to subsidize it. That's what "super expensive" means. And yeah, most of it comes from the cost of building them. But they are barely competitive with solar + batteries if you count only the costs of operating them.