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by kalleboo 3537 days ago
Also is it taking the nuclear reactor's real lifetime into account? Our current crop of reactors were only planned to run for 40 years but their lifetimes keep getting get extended (one article I found said that they expect some existing reactors to run for 80 years)

Edit: does it also take into account the massive investments into grid storage and smart grid upgrades that are going to be needed for solar/wind-based grids to handle the volatility?