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minus-squareTraister101link0•3 months agoExpensive to build much cheaper to run. Doesn’t take much time at all at the scale of the electrical grid for it to pay itself off.
minus-square@FooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink12•3 months agoIf this were true, the levelized cost of nuclear energy would be much lower than it is: Nuclear is expensive to build and expensive to run.
minus-squareTraister101link1•3 months agoThe heck why’s it’s more expensive now? I hadn’t looked in years wtf
minus-square@lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink5•3 months agoIn France, they are expensive to build and expensive to maintain… And you need to buy stuff from Russia to keep them running…
Expensive to build much cheaper to run. Doesn’t take much time at all at the scale of the electrical grid for it to pay itself off.
If this were true, the levelized cost of nuclear energy would be much lower than it is:
Nuclear is expensive to build and expensive to run.
The heck why’s it’s more expensive now? I hadn’t looked in years wtf
In France, they are expensive to build and expensive to maintain… And you need to buy stuff from Russia to keep them running…