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by blibble 526 days ago
> 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!