[jussij]

Nuclear power plants seem to take a long time to get right, which means they end up being very expensive.

As an example, consider the new Olkiluoto-3 nuclear plant built in Finland. That reactor was commission just a few months ago, but its build was 12 years behind schedule. The delay to that project saw the original 3 billion Euro price tag more than triple with a final cost closer to 11 billion.

[mirko22]

And they will be there for half a century as opposed to wind turbines and solar panels which will have to be replaced and are hard to recycle…

[pfdietz]

It would be perfectly fine if we just landfilled wind turbines and solar panels. It's not like silicon or fiberglass are rare. The whole recycling business here is more fetish than obstacle.

[jussij]

There are problems with recycling in general. For example, the overuse of plastics, with no sensible recycling plan means we have plastic garbage patch twice the size of Texas floating around in the Pacific Ocean. These problems are generally not about recycling, but rather the willingness of governments to legislate sensible solutions.