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by cycomanic 1069 days ago
> whereas France has a deep storage facility on the way.

That has been "on the way" for how many years exactly? The reality is that after almost > 50 years of nuclear power we have exactly one long-term storage facility world-wide which has been commissioned last year (Finland). And somehow that was hailed as a success.

Also what do you think the storage cost for deep storage facilities are?

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> That has been "on the way" for how many years exactly?

Research is completed, we're currently in the process of anti-nuclear groups using their legal recourse options. This project is not time-critical, so there is no reason to speed that up.

> Also what do you think the storage cost for deep storage facilities are?

Initial investment estimates are between €8bn and €16bn [1].

[1], in french: https://www.ccomptes.fr/system/files/2019-07/20190704-rappor...