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> the economic problems with nuclear are there because of political reasons. France gets ~75% of its power from nuclear, safely and economically.

EDF, Areva have a long history of bailouts, buyouts and subsidies by the French government. You are right that it's a political decision that France has so much nuclear, but it is not an economical one.

Even though they decided to replace old reactors with new ones, they do not manage to build enough reactors fast enough and especially not economically. Flamanville has a budget overrun of around 500% and time overrun of around 300%.

Nuclear is neither fast nor economical enough to be built. Only building renewables can help push down CO2 emissions fast and cheap enough.

[ncmncm]

The most reliable output of the nuke industry has always been dishonesty and corruption. Power is a distant second.