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by _nalply 1937 days ago
Perhaps because that standard design didn't work out?

Even Switzerland is shutting down nuclear plants and they managed to build the longest railroad tunnel of the world without budget overruns and half a year before due date.

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In Switzerland it's a political decision same as Germany it has nothing todo with cost or the ability to run the plants.
That's not so clear cut. Mühleberg near Berne has said that 2019 they didn't make profit, however the operator company BKW never published gains with that plant.

https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/kanton-bern/das-akw-mueh... (paywalled)