alt Hacker NewsI‘m very interested in the financials of this decision. Nuclear plants are designed for base loads but are way more expensive than solar and wind energy. The losses will increase the costs of energy.
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mpweiher • yesterday at 4:13 PM
Actually, nuclear is not way more expensive.
And already-built nuclear is pretty much the cheapest power you can get.
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timmg • yesterday at 2:54 PM
That cost has a lot to do with amortizing the construction costs of the plant. I expect that just running a plant is a lot cheaper than that.
This is about *not* decommissioning working plants.
Baseline energy is incredibly important, and often not factored into the "cost" comparisons.
Especially true now with the explosive growth of data center and AI workloads.