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by fodkodrasz 983 days ago
That is mostly because there are no more large scale nuclear investments, lot of knowhow has been lost, everything is custom built now on every level of implementation (which SMRs promise to solve), and because people care about the initial investments, not for the TCO. Oh, and politically motivated NIH red-tape for getting some votes on the cost of whole society.
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Nuclear benefits from stable output, but the world we're in doesn't require stable output so the economics become difficult.
This is not true.
You really refuted my argument there.
You didn't make an argument, you merely stated something that the respondent disputes. There is a very stable base load in most countries that can be well provided with nuclear. This is especially the case when there are good interconnections between neighbouring countries.
I'm simply tired of wasting time on renewable-energy-battery-storage fan service. We need stable power output.
I don't get it, I didn't mention any of that? You're refusing to answer due to an imaginary reason you yourself came up with... Alright then.