[energy123]

Nuclear is high capex and low opex. From a LCOE perspective, it's ~always bad to shut down nuclear plants early (due to capex being a sunk cost), but it's also usually bad to make new ones (due to high capex) relative to contemporary alternatives.

[chmod775]

Huh? It would have not have been early. All of those shut down early in 2011 would have reached their planned shutdown dates by now (which doesn't rule out overhauls/recertification at that time though).