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by ncmncm 1461 days ago
The more nukes they build, the farther behind the rest of the world they will get.

The rest of the world will be building out renewables, and getting much more power for each euro than France will. France will have more expensive power than everyone else in exact proportion to their nuke construction.

Ultimately, the French will buy their power from outside, because the nukes will be unable to deliver at a matching price, and the plants will be mothballed. French taxpayers will be the poorer.

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> Ultimately, the French will buy their power from outside.

My prediction is the opposite, that nuclear will remain cheaper than wind in northern temperate climates for another generation.

I suppose time will tell.

Nukes are already more expensive. Renewables cost is still in free-fall.