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>extremely cheap when amortized Doesn't seem like that in practice. Nuclear's generally one of the most expensive per-kwh sources of energy on the grid. And nu
by rcxdude 2y ago
>extremely cheap when amortized
Doesn't seem like that in practice. Nuclear's generally one of the most expensive per-kwh sources of energy on the grid. And nuclear-renewable diversity doesn't favor nuclear either: renewables absolutely destroy any margins nuclear might have, and both want to share the grid with storage or dispatchable fossil fuel generation like gas turbines.
- dlivingston 2y agoInteresting, looks like I was out of date on that. Wikipedia shows the LCOE of different energy sources [0] and, while nuclear was at parity with natural gas & wind as the cheapest energy circa 2011, it has since become one of the most expensive (~2.5x solar). Why did this happen? Why has the cost of nuclear doubled in the past decade? [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelized_cost_of_electricity#/media/File%3AElectricity_costs_in_dollars_according_to_data_from_Lazard.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelized_cost_of_electricit...