| ▲ | bryanlarsen 3 days ago | |
Yes, nuclear can be cost competitive if you ignore the bulk of the costs: aka construction and decomissioning. Ontario is now planning on building another plant. Their own document says it won't pay for itself for 50 years, and that's assuming there are no cost overruns, which is a laughable assumption. | ||
| ▲ | throw0101a 2 days ago | parent [-] | |
> Ontario is now planning on building another plant. Their own document says it won't pay for itself for 50 years, and that's assuming there are no cost overruns, which is a laughable assumption. Well the current plants have been running for 4-5 decades and are in the middle of being refurbished to run for another 4-5 decades. Only paying for itself for the life of the plant is actually a good thing: it means that it is basically being run at-cost with minimal profits being extracted from the public. | ||