[cyberax]

In most of Europe, nuclear is cheaper than anything else but coal, natgas, and classic hydro.

When you also add the cost of battery backup.

Spain and Portugal have just experienced the first taste of that fact.

[laurencerowe]

Most of the cost of nuclear is in construction so extending the life of existing nuclear power stations as long as possible makes sense. However new nuclear in Europe has been much more expensive and even France has lost the ability to build new nuclear capacity cheaply.