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    11 months ago

    It’s not significantly more expensive though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source

    I’m looking at that source it shows:

    • nuclear $6,695-7,547 /kw
    • solar pv $1,327 /kw

    At the most generous calculation that puts nuclear power at 5 x more expensive that solar PV. So if you have a theoretical pure electricity bill on solar PV of $100/month, your theoretical pure electricity bill on nuclear of $500/month.

    I’m not sure how you reach the conclusion that nuclear is not significantly more expensive.