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> because they were horrendously expensive to maintain and fix (nuclear power is always $$$$$$$$$)

almost the entire cost of nuclear is the capital cost of construction, running costs are a rounding error

germany shut down their nuclear because the russia successfully funded the greens over an extended period to convince germans that "nuclear bad"

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Maintenance on aging plants is also very expensive (just ask the French) and German plants were getting long in the tooth.

Decommissioning is also very, very expensive, and disasters like Fukushima are also very very very expensive (that one cost about $1 trillion).

It wasn't some secret plot by Russia. Russia exported most of the uranium they used. Fukushima just made nuclear power more of a headache than it was worth, especially given the cost and pressure from the environmental movement (who had agency, despite what you might believe).

The reliance that the US/Europe had on Russian uranium is, in fact, one reason why it was never sanctioned.

The greens in Germany are mostly captured by America these days - that's why they shifted to becoming massive war hawks.

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> Maintenance on aging plants

the three that were last turned off were practically new

there was even one that was fully constructed and ready to be turend on, and then never was

> Decommissioning is also very, very expensive

but once the plant has gone live you'd be paying that anyway

so you might as well keep the existing reactors running for as long as they remain safe

> and disasters like Fukushima are also very very very expensive (that one cost about $1 trillion)

fortunately germany isn't very prone to tsunami

the russian psyop seems to have worked pretty well on you!