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For nuclear you still need to have peaker plants. ALso nuclear is really expensive.



Pretty sure it's actually cheapest per kWh


New-build nuclear is far more expensive, per kWh, than renewables. In Europe, even off-shore wind - one of the most expensive renewables - is now coming in much cheaper than nuclear projects.

In the US, even many old nuclear plants are struggling to compete without subsidies against renewables and natural gas.


No. If it were cheapest companies would be building nuclear. Right now in the U.S. the cheapest are wind, natural gas and solar.




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