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by pfdietz 2055 days ago
Any NPP started today will not be online until 2030 or later, so one should compare with renewable/storage projections of cost, not current costs. The renewable and storage systems can be brought online much faster than NPPs.

Using 2030 projections, nuclear loses.

https://model.energy/

(and that model doesn't take into account addressing intermittency with transmission or dispatchable demand, such as end-user thermal storage.)