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Nuclear "became expensive" because state subsidies declined, labor costs increased, and environmental regulations across all industries tightened.
Hint, being snarky on HN is not as cool as you think.
Nuclear "became expensive" because state subsidies declined, labor costs increased, and environmental regulations across all industries tightened.
this is nonsense. Take german plants - zero subsidies for operation, plants were built mostly by private sector. In France - no CFD's for existing units, plants were constructed by govt for about 150bn. In comparison Germany spent on EEG subsidies double of that and you can see the result in emissions...