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by masta 1708 days ago
What the site does not seem to talk about is that an internal commission in 2011 found[1] that the real cost per kWh is around 50-56c. Nuclear power in France is heavily subsidized, directly and indirectly.

[1] https://bit.ly/3DAGW2s

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France has also underestimated decommissioning costs by a multiple. The real costs are hard to know, but other nations' estimates are much higher.
Do you have a non-shortened/non-tracking link?