[dflock]

Right, but onshore wind is massively cheaper.

Also, renewables can be built out incrementally and start generating very quickly, so your ROI starts almost immediately.

With nuclear you're looking at a ~10 billion upfront investment, that doesn't start generating for at least a decade.

In addition to this, costs for renewables are falling, while costs for nuclear are not.

[ageofwant]

95% of that cost is due to compliance requirements. 98% of those compliance requirements are 100% bs. If the same requirements were asked of new coal or gas built it would exceed that of a nuclear plant. The average coal plant emits more radiation in a month than the average nuclear plant during its entire operational lifespan. And billions of tons of CO2 for extra planet-killing power.

[dflock]

a) I'm pretty sure you just made those numbers up

b) Yes, Nuclear power is heavily regulated and this affects the cost. But that is the world we live in - and the world we build generating capacity in, so deal with it.

[bjourne]

Where have you got those numbers from?