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by nv-vn 3129 days ago
How? Nuclear tech is already much more developed than other renewables and it's incredibly efficient. The cost of solar is much higher than the cost of nuclear. Hydroelectric and wind are both lower, but they also require certain geography and can't be used anywhere. Nuclear is not dead tech at all, most of France's power comes from nuclear.
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France is closing at least some its nuclear power stations (and has no plans to build new ones): https://www.reuters.com/article/us-edf-nuclear/france-to-clo...

(Also, nuclear is not a renewable by an sensible measure)

Nuclear is very slow to build in the Western world. Finland is already in their 12th year building Olkiluoto 3